The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-27

visited and the reportorial pump applied to
him. He said Cincinnati musical people
were indignant that the Committee had so
entirely ignored them. He argued that we
had plenty of talent here to have made the
Festival even greater success than it has
been. He stated further that Mr.. H. Ba-
latka, a correspondent of the Cincinnati
Volksblatt, had correctly expressed his
views on the subject. They are briefly
summed up as follows 'Mr. Thomas is un-
doubtedly success as a leader of such fes-
tival, nevertheless no authors except Mo-
zart, Mendelssohn and the rest of that
school had been recognized at the concerts.
Stierlings Sabine Women Stels Christ,
Bruch's 'Odyssee,' Armenius, Brahm, Raft,
Borgial and Others have gained a world
wide fame and have been produced in all OF
the cities of the Continent. Nevertheless
none of these names were on the pro-
gramme. The Romeo and Juliet Sympho-
ME (Which is neither a symphony, opera
nor cantata, should never have been taken
up by the orchestra. The mistakes,
moreover, made in the rendition
of the programme were many, and
some inexcusable. This could have
been remedied easily by making the pro-
gramme shorter and giving more time to the
rehearsal of the difficult parts"
auOJItl lLlllS, IllS lOi
the above paper continues, (Which needs
mention is the ignoring of the local or
chestras. This is the more important as it
stigmatizes the local musicians, and also
those of the West as being incapable of max
ing such festival success.
Cincinnati, as is well known, has a very
excellent orchestra, of which the citizens
may well feel proud. When this Festival
began not one of the local musicians had
been engaged, although many belonging to
this orchestra had been at former time
members of the Thomas Orchestra. Now
this will undoubtedly impress every one
that the Cincinnati Orchestra had not been
engaged because the members were in
competent to play at the Festival. This is,
however, false in every particular. The
cultivator, proper of local taste for in
strumental music can only be the local or
chestra and it must remain such. On this
account the local taste for good music has
been outrageously served and the leaders of
our orchestras shamefully ignored"
The inauguration of the Musical Festival
has in great measure been due to our mu-
steal organizations, and therefore it should
have been one of the first duties of the Fes-
tival Committee, as a compliment to our
societies, to have adopted different course
in this matter.
| Mr.. Howard Hlnkle, the polished. re-
fined, gentlemanly and superlatively polite
member of the Festival Committee, was
next visited by our representative in order
that the Committee might have hearing,
especially as to the matter of letting the
organ to societies that rent the hall for
concerts. The interview proceeded about
as follows:
Mr. Hinkle-"You are from the starr"
| RepOrter-'Yes sirn
Mr. Hinkle-"Well, I guess I know what
you want. / don't know anything about it,
and wouldn't tell you if l did" exit
Hinkle.)
Mr.. George w. Jones was next visited
He received our representative with the
courtesy that is Characteristic of nearly
every member of the Committee, and ex-
planned that the Organ Association, which
is separate concern from both the Festival
Association and the Music Hall Association,
is prohibited by the terms of its incorpora
ton from letting the organ to any society
whatever till the balance due on the instru.
ment is paid. This is the reason the big
organ can not be heard at either the Odd
fellows entertainment or the Catholic Con.
cert.