New-York tribune., 1890-05-26
c1vCJNNATI FESTIVAL ENDhD.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY IN
YEARS.
.uoRrcoMlxGs OF THE cHoIE-PopcLAH '00D'
WILL TOWARD Mr. THoMAs-rwo 'o''
CEETs on THE CLOSING pN''
INV ryrycRAPu TO THE IkIbCNh'i


Cincinnati May 24.-The ninth nu''O :, has hcor
). an end last night. In man! IV'F -. :, hoe
w ,het was expected First and ioreihoS' " ""S
Oil ''i'' -. .ooosst trI meeting financially helu
~, -. . ord IN this community suoh an o"'-
'o nid c,vor a greater multitude OF SINS ''"" INC
r0,s,caI forces have had recorded against ''''''
.dIv i, has been a most delghtiul an" ".' "'''''
from A social point of vew' Inc '"' -
have been forgotten and the peVPiU u ''V "''a
.atacent towns have Culed out " ho'u'9 "'" '''''u
s"''o"' D,".nan,csll, and literally in the way of
Mr. Thomas They were dlso -
-. ho,o baen done in artistic enise' Nhu 30 'here
.ie =. ,hose yrbo sit in the front seats Of judg
~ n"'o ~ ~ -. o,,er called on to show wherein musical
80 ' 49,, hoe, promoted by this week OF music, 1t
-. - toauod that the real gain VIII be ciihcult TO
a,scoyer Compared with some oi 'he leShNdls "i
.h mast the result Will be a minus quantity III
,h.se davs of itinerant orcheStraS ana perpa'etic
vocarsts II is the choir which gives fesuVal sig
'c" instrument artists and solo singers can be
1,"ss hv any community that wishes 10 hire them
.,v mood not be hired; they will come their
o.rorsibiIity The circumstance that
n.s, numbers 12O instead of seventy is nothing to
,ho nprnose Other things being equal the smaller
hand in the smaller hall will produce the better effect
a, course the peculiar susceptibility which springs
from the pleasurabe excitement of the occasion is to
he set down on the credit side OF the account book
bui even here there is also debit when that cnthu
sa.,, ,,,ns ont in ind>crminate laudaton Of every
thing good bad and Indifferent. Compared with her
mast achievements the department of choral culture,
Cincinnati has little or nothing TO boast of in this in
stance.
The fault lies IN several directions. but chiefly in
the attitude Of the directors and the toward
the festival The choir singers have done their best
but their best is not up to the standard Of what has
beep might be and ought TO be. Yet the prestige
OF the Cincinnati festival demanded that that standard
shoud be reached If the festival directors had heard
a Washington critic declare that the choir Of the cS
tval to be held in Petersburg. Va, superior to
the proud Cincinnati organization they would not have
believed it, and the chori,terS under similar circum
stances would have become incensed. Petersburg Is
small southern town and far away: but indianapolis
is near at hand. and week ago all the directors
might have heard better choir there, Chicago has
better choir. Boston has a better choir Providence
ha, a better choir Worcester has better choir. New
York has better choir. Philadelphia can organize a
better choir on "A few weeks notice. one might think
that If the directors and singers were inds posed 10
seek standard Of judgment for present work IN their
OWN past they would not have ar = 70 70 mo another
The work of Mr. Thomas and his band has been Splr
did and in>pirinC. aud The list Of works performed
has shown unswcrvipc devotion to the luftiest and
But what boots all this III choral festival unless the
cnnati has e. glorious tradition t. maintain and though
She has better this than she did TWO wear,
sro She baS moi maintained H. Shall ihe symbol OF
Worcester Ii i within he reach OF either. And All
Of Nj ThOmass instrumental lecons viii not be d0ie
70 keep il in the hands OF the Queen City.
TWO concerts we're given yesterday. Miss D"N Gre
sang brilliantly two OF her most effective airs this
afternoon. and Mr Fischer saus the bufo air from
: Don Giovanni and Tie romance from Tam
hseuser." The chief orchestral number was schu-
bcrt's great symphony i'm 6. In the evening Nefd.
symphony was PLAYED. Nr. Iloyd who va, a;;o
ciated with Miss DeVcre. Miss Wnant and Mr.
Fischer in the solo work Of the Requiem sang
Eleazar's air in La Julvc." and al came 10 an end
with the Iiallclujah from The Messiah
TIE receipts have been ABOUT Si1,OOo, the cN-
pandi:urc~ i'm the uci-hb1rhOod % $4,000. The r."
ceipts are nearly three times large a those {"
tie recent HANDEL and HAYDN Festival in Boston. and
the expenditure about two out half. Eat Boston
hid ts own orchestra. aud gave only four cOncert-
while Cincinnati imported hundred instrlmentallsts
trnrl Now -NnrL- and CaHc .cv-n cnn.crl.: ~ IT, r.