The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-24
The Cincinnati Festival.

PERFORMANCE OF THE PRIZE COMPOSITION
"scENEs PROM L0NGFEIL0w's GOLDEN
LEGEND" BY DUDLEY BUCK.
CINCINNATI, May 20.-For the third eve
ming concert OF the festival which has
almost turned this city topsy-turvy, two I'M
portapt works were given-Dudley Bucks
symphonic cantats, "Scenes from Lougfel-
low's Golden Legeud," for solos. chorus,
and orchestra and the third act Of Wagners
" Gotterdammerung." The overture 10
"King Lear" by Berlioz was also per-
formed at this concert. In the selection
from Wagner's tetralogy, which, it will be
remembered, was performed in New York
at the last concert OF the New York
aud BROOKLYN Philharmonic Societies, the
parts of the three Rhine Daughters
were taken by Miss Amy Sher'
win, Miss Annie B. Norton, and Miss
Crancb, that Of Siegfried by Signor Campa-
mini, Hagen by Mr.. j. F. Rudolphsen, and
Gunther by Mr. Myron w. Whitney,
Artistically the performance was IN every
respect excellent; but it did not meet with
the popular success which has attended
some OF the other great works, and notably
the cantata Of Mr.. Dudley Buck, the compo
si,ion which gains the prize Of $1,000 Of
fered by the Festival Association, and
which from among twenty-five works
sent in was selected By the Board Of
Judges-MessIs. Theodore Thomas, Otto
Singer, DIR. Leopold Damrosch, Mr.
Asser Hamerik. and Mr.. Carl Ter
rahn. Throughout the performance the
enthusiasm OF the audience was tremen'
dous, the soloists-Miss Norton, Mr. Ru.
dophsen, Mr.. Fred. Harvey (who has be-
come a great fayorite), and Mr. Whitney
,.so I,,.
song, " Hail Thou Vintage, Clear and
Ruddy," was admirable)-eac receiving
repeated rounds OF applause. AT the con-
clusion OF the cantaia the winner OF the
prize, Mr.. Dudley Buck, was escorted or
the stage by MIR. Pendletou, president ol
| the Festival Association, and greeted with
deafening cheers. Happily no speech wa,
delivered, the experience Of the last festiya
speeches being still held in dread remem
| brance. The performance was perfectly
satisfactory, with the single exception Of {
hitch caused by Mr.. Thomas turning
over two leaves OF his score while
solo was going on, when he stop
ped suddenly and put back. or the merit
of the work there can be little doubt
commonplace in musical ideas, perhaps, bu
treated with mastery skill for the produc
| tiOn OF Gr,o effects, alter manuer vi Der
lioz principally. The characters represented
are Elsie (soprano), PriDce Henry OF Ho
beneck (tenor), Lucifer (baritone), and F'ria
Paul (bass). The work Is divided into four
teen numbers-namely: Prologue, teno
air. duo and ensemble, unaccompanlet
quartet, soprano air, march Tor orchestra
drinking song, allegro bacchanale for OF
chestra soprano solo and chorus, barcarol
for orchestra, chorus OF sailors, dialogue
duo for soprano and tenor, and epllogue am
finale. Several OF these numbers are likel
to become popular, and the whole WorI
will assuredly bear frequent repetition
About 1000 people were present during th
performance.
At the afternoon concert, when the aud
ence numbered probably 5000 persons, tii
orchestral pieces played were MendelsSonn'
loyerture, "Calm at Sea and Happy NOI
agev; the allegretto and scherzo from be-
thoven's Seventh Symphony; the " RIDE
the Walkyries," by Wagner; Liszps syn
nbonjc poem "TassO"; and the Rakocz
March from Berlioz's LA Damnation d
Faust The string orchestra played Hug
Reinhold's prelude, minuet and fugue, OF
10 Solos were sung by Miss Crane
T" Deb Vieni," from Mozart's Figaro"
Miss Cary (who had triple recall after SIM
ing go don fatale," from Verdfs "Do
Carlos" Mfr. Whitney (' The Two Gren
ders," by Schumann); and signor Can
panini Siegmund's Love Song" Wa
ner).
Tomorrow afternoon another miscell
neous concert will be given, in which MI
Sberwin, Miss Cary, Miss Norton, Slgn'
! Campanini, Mr. Whitney, and Mr.. X
. dolphsen will take part Signor Campanl
= will sing a scena from SO La Fora del DE
tinoo instead OF the Slumber Song fro
!. Masaniello,'' as announced. Orchestr
/, selections from the works OF Gluck, Bae
d GoIdnark. Mozart, Beethoven, Rubinstei
) and Dy0rak will also be given. In the ey
= ming BeethOven's Fifth Symphony will
d performed by the orchestra, the Mlssa
e tennis will be repeated, and the festival W
!. close with "Zadoc, the Priest" tCoron
y ton Anthem,) by Handel, Tor chorus'
'' chestra, and organ.
= Miss Annie Louise Cary will be tender
a farewell concert on Saturday afIernoo
:, in which several soloists will appear-amol
| them the organists, Mr.. Whiting and y
4 Henry Carter, and the string quartet
S cobsohn, HartdegeH, Rothemund. ana ~
tens. Tue chorister boys OF the cones
sixty in number, under the command
: MIR. Carter, will also sing on this occasio