New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
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NJSIC-THE DRAMA,

CINCINNATI FESTIVALS AND Mr.. THOMAS
For the first time in the history If the Gin.
cinnau Biennial Music Festivals tho directors have h,
year called upon tho guarantprs to meet nan ,a lo,
incurred giving the series of great crcua,
to tie guarantors by n. o. Rocker Treasures
OF the Festival Association. requests remit % Is
percent OF the sum guaranteed and makes statement
OF the receipts aud expenses OF tho festival The rece,s
s27957 ~; the expenses Sj5 1862; making
nciency OF $729 "a to DO covered BY o,
Il per cent the guarantee fund o. $4,000. Two or
three items in the expense statement are interesting
Thus Mr. Thomas tho orchestra and solo singers cost
S227i7 43; music. si,0j2 I5 advertising ara printing
S531O29
THIS is not the frat time the festival 'alel 70
achieve aaancal SUCCESS th0uah the guarantors hsys
never before been allied meet the def ~ The irt
festival in ls73ost $3.50. which the Executive Commit
tee paid fom their private purses. being stimulated
little perhaps by the fact thai having zen n
formed by Immediately aier the close OF
the festival that his estimates indicated that handsome
surplus would the tr6asnry after the payment
OF all expeusrs the committee approI rated % to ooe
rate the event when the balance WAS found to oe on
the wrong side o. the page the committee conc ulet at
they would themselves s5 each fol- the TOO
early dinner they had eaten and say nothing about the
matter TO the guarantors Dnd festival ia So.
cost something 10000 hut balance OF 81 300
mainei In the treasury when tie accounts were closed
The high mark OF success In the history m fesvns
the world reached In ls7S. TIE f'me t o
festivals had spresd over the land. AMI their nono-
mental fruits TIE Music Hal ana organ, were to oo dc IL
Gated The receipts amounted to S72.O0o auG the profits
TO s32 900 debt Df $4,000 on the organ wa. pad,
s5 900 was distributed the singing societies COM
posing the chorus the balance invested IN Cow
ernrnent bonds Ia 1880 the net profits were s6793 ..
the receipts being @J5Os5 p, the expen 1turea
S4s,2s5 So. suco then losses have been made bur
uuul now means were found 10 meet them without IN
official draft the guarantors Similar cans would
doubtless been employed again were II not for ths
fact that the members OF the Festival Association, who
are also largely represented ia the s, os gaaraltors,
have personally borne tue expense OF mants snlng ihs
tary contributed the $4,000 needed for that ufpose
These figures afford planat0n thou;n nOt J't-
rent In the newspapers since tht close Oi the festival
The lines and OF this city were rst IL the ed WIN
the Fes,v Association held nIe lately after the las.
on. May D. it resolved TO dispense hereafter
taken. The so-caed meeting was purely social IN It,
and she resolution ado tei wts 10 N1 hphrr
festival under Mr.. TnOmas's direction IN l->> Ibis
resolution however, l. not looked upon as nc "a aeioh
by the directors but merely ~ an expression O the
tment ielt ny majority Of the board Moa1~hi.o
OF the most cnergetc an unselnsA foh 'eis OI
the Buarl are revolving in 'eir minds the question
whether from $4,000 to 10000 Is To be lost every
year the festivals, the money w0dId not Dexter ne ~"
Piled TO building up local Institutions the choris aud
orchestra Cincinnati has Philharmonic Society winch
Is called on to contribute tue Instrumental music 10
festivals given in Cincinnati indianapolis, Louisville
Nash le Dayton and other cities, AMI which may safely
be ranked second the orchestrA- oi the United
stale, outside OF York. OF the men composing tAls
orehestra oply seven played in the festival band O tho
sirgers of the festival all but one came ron sew
York So that not much than $1,000 o' tie hrst
item in the expense bill pad out IN 'lncnna and
the festival did nothing the Philharmonic society
These ami other related facts have started atttDl
IN Cincinnati In favor OF bringing musician 10 tue cY
who shall he capa OF assuming the directorsp OF tne
Philharmonic Society well as tho festivals ahi ni-
ing m both institutions Bat the friends o' music IN
Cincinnati are en- discretion ana wisdom, anl such
acto as was falsely reported in 1he Times and ne sun
has taken Will II he without long ana care
mi cons silera