New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-23
CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL.

PREPARING FOR THE MAY FESTIVAL.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE BUIIDING-THE GREAT oH-
GAN-ENTHUsIAsM OF THE LADIES IN CAR'iN"
ITS CASE.
rrRoN AN ocC AsIoSAL CORRESPONDENT OF THR TMBusEl
CINCINNATI, March 1871 find Cincinnati
filed with at tho approach OF the May Festi
val The programme has already been announced anu
notice the names OF Nine. Pappenhcim, Miss Cary ana
Myron whitney among the solo singers ihcouoio
bomas IA usual IL 10 be the conductor. You coud no
prize Mr. Thomas IN NewYOrk higher than he is przeu
here and II he does not find satisfactory ho"io no
doubt not ne knows well where he Will meet WIN an
open- armed welcome. Colonel George Ward Nehois '"c
sonin law OF Joseph LongwOrth OF whom you nave rc
Gently heard Ia his work. rtEducation as Applied 10
Indusry is at the head OF the Harmonic Society," when
has in training the immense choruses The fact that the
festival IL TO inaugirate the Music Hall, has gwen
new energy TO everybody concerned
Cincinnati owes her Music Hall TO the generosity OF
Mr. Reuben Springer long wholesale grocer, but whose
fortune is IN great part due TO the rise IN real estate
Mr. Springer IL a benign. smooth-faced elderly mau
widower and chidess. His first proposition was 10
give 1925 600 II the city would give an equal amount
He has since given $4,000 have his gift accepted and
an additional $40 OOO the city having given Sll3ooo
the building costing S0O.O0O In return the Guy ue
sired TO chrisen the building springer Music Hail. out
ia characteristic note, published the 0ther day' MI
Springer desired the to be Cincinnati Music Han
occupes the ground on which the old Exposition Build
ings STOOD on Em-st. The front OF the whoe pl'e Oh
Elms will be 372 feet inches, 80 feet being given to
each OF the Exposition Buildings, and l7S feet inches
to the Music Hall. The depth OF the buildngs' IRON
Elmst to Plum IL 2g3 feet The highest point IN the
pile will Ice the pinnacle Of the front gable OF the MUSIC
Hail. which is feet above the sidewalk. The arrange
ment Is such admit oil the Use OF the buildings cpa
raey together the upper stories to be connected Dy
bridges The north building proposed to be used az Ma
cbinsry Hall The fncade Oh E-s is three stories high;
on Pumst. two stories the central portion, however
which Is planned be covered with "a glass roof Is
thirty feet wide and one story high In the threesory
elevations are located three picture galleries, win
n wall surface Of $50 feet planned after the
galleries IN the South kens!pgon Museum The
building IL I'm the modified gothic style OF arch
tectre The facade II of Phlade pia brick worked III
with bacx and varied with the occasional use oil stone
A. iifs of color the Music Hall and the Queen City
Cub House stand out gracefully III contrast 70 'uch
nat'. melancholy OF gray stoue over the giahu
II rose window. on either sd are two low
the side entrances The architect is Samuel liannatoId
Tho buding committee Is Mr.. julius Dexter, gentle
man of w,kuown wealth. and identified with ai that
j. beet music aud art in this city. Inc Lm'st sitc-
walk is widenei 10 twenty -four feet whe the hiht strp
OF tie hall Is twenty feet from the inner edge of hc
sidewalk. The mont approach Is 10y stone sttIs 10
,;un. ulaif form twelve wd' aud extending along
the hole except here interrupted by Two tower"
Between these tower. nye doorway, , III i' ta i,
IL, f..t nui II feet HIGH broken by gallery the
height Of II feet Inches, Iunins around IL 80 as 10
ANAL hall 10 by II feet, and 80 leet hlgh sack on
the Yesiibulr the main hall, III icct broad py w
feet long The stage space Will he III by % ce OF
which the organ will PROBABLY cover 90 by 80 trct III
vii accommodate curu, oi 800 voices and relative
IL sized orchestra. \ gallery runs aong Lotl sld's
and over narrow portion OF ire rear al the hal at
height of II fcet Inches Inc ahultOrlum WIZ nave
about 1000 registered seats.
The simplicity OF tie interior Is admirable. From the
ample ruiunda. either side extend corridors thirty
feet wide the length Of the bIldng, with every few
mace, doors opeuiug from the auditorium The pro-
vision holds good for the galleries. and to render sue
ccssul panic difficult possible, the corridor floors
pt.s,ut very decided inclination upward toward the
stairs and these are situated to force crowd
sure upon Them The tbomscyr. are wide enough
for ula loru and consist OF single stones mounted on
non frames N their iii2ht makiug two landings fonr
chamber nj the corners ~ liz, auditorium, opening into
the upper CORRIDOR, contain water pipes "ud hose ana
thrnuh pass also the vcniatDg SHAFTS whch pro
vide Tor forcing OF pure air int" the concert room as
well as for the escNic 81 baI hF through th' Hihg'
udrl the drcssing-founs; the dressing
rorn Tor tue churu, tir rear OF the stage on tue
uppcr floor: from them J. descent - the chorus scat,
Tho Auditorium furnished simply - IL the whole
In ldi,c whose walls arc only pla-iored. and viii be
~ aimed neutral "lOI-ur firHc' aud decoration
arc to DE left generous spirits yet IL come but is
VAST proportions very Impressive. The ceiling j nm
isEcd win oiled poplar lis iac am uarr the imures-
sion II thing ~ 40 oNp'riIrn e dci ncIuE llat
so!, wood worked into Golfers VIII be mot cn cic III
break ng the cchncs.
In the centre OF Ia. stage stands the great organ
vbi,l, Is now building and which is 10 I've OF the
largest IN the worldn IT. standing 60 feet high.
30 feet wide and 30 feet deep with four banks ofkeys
II viii have greater number o pipes hn fewer speak
INC eiops, the famous Boston Music ian organ
The oil Its stops II as iSIlONN.