The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-18
OUR FESTIVAL
Fitting Finale of a Great Occasion.

and fitting finale for the great musical event
of the century. At the matinee the crowd
was as great as ever, the wet weather hav-
ing no perceptible effect upon the attend
ance. The programme was varied and at
tractive one, in which most of the soloists
appeared and nearly all the great COM
posers were represented in the selections.
Miss Rollwagens part was omitted on &C.
count of her Illness and the first number
sung was by Mr.. Fritsch, an extract from
one of the oldest and best of German operas,
DER Freschutz." 1t was excellently sung,
and another success was scored for Mr..
Fritsch, who has been growing in favor with
every appearance The programme was
rendered most admirably, and this was pro-
nounced by many the most entertaining
matinee of the Festival.
| In the afternoon the sun shone out, and
very soon the decorations began to assume
their old beauty Before evening the
weather was fine, and better night for the
closing concert could not have been de-
sired. Anticipating the rush, people went
early and the audience was in place more
promptly than on any previous evening
By half past seats and standing-room
were all occupied, and the corridors were
thronged with visitors, eager for glimpse
within. The first part of the concert was
mazda m of I;s1t,o tsk;sse solannis y
% rondorod fos t,o srSt .;,o y, a. oann4n,,
1e'iueieu iof 'iie iifs' 'iiie II, 'iiis oouh.iy'
IL was rendered uhuer the ulrecuoh Oh MT
Singer, who has thoroughly studied the
great work with the chorus. When he
mounted the directors stand last night.
cboor of+er oba.r wort nm and n sbouar Of
49, "isol toI, ono',I I.i P' na tod h;s
,io"el' ,eii Aioui,u ii.1t e pu"9o iii' az
klowleoehlehts' OUT IL was iuliy HVe MIN
utes before the enthusiasm could be toned
down so as to allow the music to be COM
menced. The rendering was in every way
worthy of the great work and the artists
that have spent SO much time and labor in
its study
The second mart consisted of Rarlioz,s
Romeo and Juliet, It was rendered bv a
small chorus consisting of Misses Ann;n
Walker. Abbie Mason. Rose M, Johnston
G, Allen Emile Borper Messrs TT w
Hevne A Human r Helmekamn Hart,
lev Thomnson Fl Inyemhure g r Nav
hall, W. G. Cochran, G. B. Nichols, B. Mey-
or j Warield the orchestra and fuIl cbo-
rms with the solos sung by Miss Cary Mr.
A I'M helnmprtX.
At its conclusion Nv Thomas announced
the Musical Festival closed.
enNhFAh mENrloN.
MI George UPON, the Well-knoWn critic
OF the Chicago ir1oune says:
rms Musical festlval Is the best ever
gwen III America, ana ooht know when
there will be another such one, except here
next tlme' we could not get up It's equal
in Chicago: l don't believe they'could do
IT IN New YORK Inc collectloh ana train
ing OF volunteer chorus hKe thls one IS
prodigious piece of work. Cincinnati is an
OLD, mnslc,bred city ohe gets 1t originally
from her termans. But now all the popu-
latlon seems TO be lmpued with 1t. Where
else but IN Cincinnati would they decorate
whole city at private expense for mere
matter OF music? This Hall IS very fitting
temple for such an exhibition. AS to the
performance, the heavy work was done by
Pappenhelm Cary, suppose, Is the popu-
lar tayorite. The American element Is con-
siderable among these artsts-Whitney,
Cary and Osgood are all Boston people.
81 have heard that Madame Pappenheim
was paid IL 200 for this Festival, and that
Cary, Osgood and Whitney probably re-
ceived nearly the same each"
A good deal has been said about the re-
ceiPts OF the Festival, and as IN nearly all
81 caeee t,e'o Gov
t;td +; Ppro,,,S ,'nrr hars ~ naoa;,,+s
~ ,1,,t ~ &e7 0on thn evnend;tnros ~ 90
ooo p ieavino q net nrofit Of $97 0oo The
WIZ wboIe numhsr Of neonle that nsssed into
the Hall nav he MT at saventy-fiye thou-
sand Snv i-0i- -i-A' ~ P'' ''''' ''
'"i'Nr' nnr;no tho intarm;ss;on last niebt Mr.
s,r;raor NJ Otto Sinoer Miss S6arr,nan
opt opd NJ Gnnnnar ware fha recinients Of . tes-
timonials from their associates in the Fes-
t.I 11-'''0 0-1 ''- wv
tlval.
All MUSIC + feStlVals 1huSt nave an ehd'
Even our great organ has its stops
IF Won like our chorus please en-chorus
Sbahhv-Tbe treatment of the ch0rns hv
the fesllVal ootAilliCtee.
Mr.. Thomas thanked the chorus TOR their
help, but he need not attempt TO repeat his
experiment of last night. The fiddles are
all well enough but the singers do not care
to be shut up In the corridors to please even