Telegram-herald., 1890-06-14
GlLMORE'S MEDALS
he speaks EntertalDlngly Nst
hodesEly OF HIS Irlunphs.
HAS HlD H0sORS Tg0N Many LANDS
Bgt OF AL ths fsesatllul Gifts shs Ons
Aosf Al shis Fri1ed a. ths haaEs
"a the g. 4 k.-kt 4les NeAresk
tbe Great DIRECTORS Heart

10 man nQN l.sIlg las done So lnucl .
Tor nus.c sud maslc lovers ia ta.s coal- 4
iTy a. has +. :. Gilmore, lae great
director, WHO has Just olosed 3 success 4
tai to days jubilee ia th.s city Dor
years past tae name Gilmore has been
synonymous with music pa As truesl
sense, music Which p.e&ses alike tie
critic anG the people. HIS 81 eat lDert
/ has been recognized at home and
abroad Wherever Mr.. Gilmore aud
las company OF ARTISTS appear, they are
greeted with al Oyal0n. and when tie
great leader advances u the front,
baton in hand, he : tie recipient of
ss sincere welcome as can DC Sc-
| corded by an audience ln perfect har-
/ mouy with Itself and with tie enter
| lalument offered.
| But when MT. Gilmore advances 10
! the front the most conspicuous object
! about hlm Is not las baton, though Mr.
I Gilmore upon tae stas, without baton
Is az ImpOsslbllty. III. strlkngly erect
and precise military ngUre = adorned
| Wltn more jeweled medals than eau be
/
! he nabhuallv Wears twelve. They are
| OF al degrees of spieDdoF.
- much interest has been excited uy
1 Mr. Gilmore medals IELEoRAAI-H HER-
AID reporter resolved 10 question lam
upon the subject, and thus grauty tae
| cNCusable curiosity Ot thc publt.
! When seen yesterday afternoon Mr.
! Gilmore had Just flashed dinner. lie
met the reporter WIKI Lls customary
| a1iabihty.
Mr.. Gilmore, viii you tel me some
thing OF your medals. where aud when
( they were gwen YOU, and winch ones
| YOU prize tue mOstt
"Ncs, certainly. and / think ] can
easily tell winch one L - that ! prize
the most highly. 10 is the @. A. X.
medal ! was iu the army. and Of All
the honorable tokens winch have been
gwen nae, this little badge of she G.. A
/ l.. Is the dearest 10 me. It ls the near
est my heart. Ii was gwen me hy the
Musicians post, which / organized ln
New York CITY about five years ago.
The members OF the post are all men
who served IN the army as musicians
or band masters. There are ninety
~ the post. IL ls the only organization
of the kind IN the country. OF course
suca an organization ls not possible IA
every place. but ln New York there are
many VINO were musicians I'D the army.
"1hen at PARIS, at the recent expOsi-
| ton, the French Government gave me
medal. ! have also very beautiful
one from the Twenty New York
Volunteer Infantry. with which ] en-
listed. have one from the Boston
jubilee. one from Manhattan Beach,
and one from the II. LOUIS exposition,
where ] have played five or SIX
years. SIX or seven years ago the
Choral Society, of Syracuse, y. \ o.. gave
me a medal on the occasion of their
festival, and ] have one from Kansas
: City also. Ny wife said a shor, time
ago that II | ever accepted another
medal she would have me locked up n
a safety deposit vault for safe keeping, -
and Mr. Gilmore laughed heartily at
the remembrance OF hls wife sllttlc lOSe.
| Continuing, he sand, Il have many
more medals than ! can wear and many
of them are so large ] could not wear
them anyway, even 4 one az time, %
? and again he laughed.
Il have marked greatadvancement
in music in this country since ] gave toe
first jubilee at Boston IN 1863. At that
time there were only SIX choral societies
, in all the country. ! was living Ia Bos-
ton then and as New England was a sort
! | of musical center of which Boston was
= the hub, the first great jubilee was
given there. The choral societies Of
/ | Boston, Chicago and other plOccs par
= uCipated, and there were 10000 voices
t IN the chorus. Ten years later, ~ the
= Boston Jubilee, there were l65 societies
S / represented. and a grand chorus Of - -
. 900 voices. There is now great inter
- est growing In muse over the entire
] country, and ! regard % AS tie direct
2 ! result of the lub,lees These choral
1 societies have been organized every
e where. and there are never less than
e ! fifty members IN one society. Then.
] too, require continuous study for SIX
+ months. During that time they are, oi
y course. cultiyatng and expand ne their
] musical tastes. Why, "A few years ago
F.. we did not even have good band
music here. took my company
ON TRIP 10 Europe, and then
< heard the finest music ln the world.
F., Look at them today. Muse y certain
Z ly receiving great impetus. Where.
. ever We 60 the people seem TO wake ur
u and take hold We went 20 Bangor
J Ne, once and held a Jubilee There Ir
: that little town. prominent ctlzor
r afterwsrd told me that wo Jeff tie towr
D 60 fun Of music that t could bc cat ul
10 chunks and cold for sercnados Yes
an immense tidal wave q muse 4
sweeping over the entire country
NJ Gilmore alluded % the OratouC
b. society 3D. terms Of highest pralse and
z. PAID a rnerted compliment t0 NJ
q Morchead. who has fostered and on
!. . c0uraged the society. He sad th'
n chorus was as fine As any he had eve
A | heard and showed tho effect o
careful druug. II answer =
question Nr. Gilmore saf
that when about to direct the band g
connection with q chorus. BE- slnay
P. looked tie music thr0uga first ~ as &
!. understand Il thoroughly. Then h'
T kneN 1u-i what % expect
y At the conc uson of tho nferv eT
BE- which Mr Gilmore entered into #tf
.e perfect c0mp.a sance and corf a' ~ n'
BE- invited t1e reporter over 81 Hartman
d Hall ss h,s guest for the afternoon.
e. Mr. a. more WI eaVe W.tn his mus
g. q s-s this morn .rE. ard o. trf Zst
ust thev p open ttf season st Msn
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