The Irish standard., 1892-10-01

were at New Orleans. Gen. Nathaniel
P. Banks, afterward governor OF Massa-
chusetts, placed Gilmore in charge OF ell
the bands and music in the military de-
partment. It was shortly.fter that that
he organized the great jubilee that IN Its
conception and successful carrying out
stamped him as diplomat. tactlc1an, pa
triot, and leader. His idea was to form
a mammoth celebration on the restora
tion of civic power under the stars ana
stripes in the greatest city in the south.
His plan was to have chorus OF lO,OOV
children's voices and 500 musicians, with
infantry and artillery accompan'ments.
1t was grand national concert to aid IN
tha inanpuration of Michael Hahn as the
first governor of Louisiana after the re-
bellion The task Gilmore set for himself
was by no means an easy one. The people
of New Orleans, still bitter in their oppo~
sition to the federal government, had to
be induced to permit their children to
participate in the Jubilee. Gilmore hn-
ally overcame oil obstacles and Oh March
4, 1865, he gave the concert at the inau-
guration just as he had planned it. mo
one can ever realize" said Gilmore,
"what a. thrill of pleasure l felt as l
heard those 10000 children sing ''The
Star-Spangled Banner"
The loyal element in New Orleans went
into ecstacies over the affair. They
loaded Gilmore down with presents OF
all kinds, His great concert marked the
end OF military power in New Orleans,
and the government passed into the
hands of the civic authorities with Mich
ael Hahn as governor.
A few years after Gilmore conceived
national peace jubilee" in Boston. He
was told repeatedly that it was impossi-
bic, but he kept on and at the conclusion
of the Jubilee he stood smiling before
thousands of people and heard the very
earth shake with applause, and but one
word was uttered. It sounded like thur
der and as it filled the sky Gilmore, with
uncovered head, pale face, high beating
heart and smiling lips caught it's echoes
and heard" "Miraculousr' The concert
had attracted the attention OF the civil
lied world. Even Stanley, who was in
Africa searching for DR., Livingston,
said in after years that he had heard OF
H. r1r
Three years LATER Gilmore, not salts
fed with his former success, determined
upon musical gathering that would at
tract all the world, and in which all the
nations of the earth should be repre-
sented. With this idea uppermost he
visited all the governments OF Europe
and in 1872 Boston was again the center
of the entire musical world. Never in the
history of the earth has there been such
musical gathering. The chorus num-
bered 10000 voices and the vast orches
ira was composed of 1000 instruments.
Besides this the band OF the Grenadier
guards of London represented Great
Britain, the band of Garde Republique
of Paris represented France. the band Of
the Kaiser Franz regiment OF Berlin
played for the Germans, and Johann
Strauss stood up for "Ihs B'ue Danube
and Austria.
Gilmore was household wod. In
1873 he moved to New York and organ
lied the now famous Twenty second
Regiment band, and Gilmore's garden
was the one great popular place OF
amusement in New York for many years.
Then he made concert tours throughout
the country, going as far west as San
Francisco. Then no went to Europe and
won the heart of everybody over there.
For several years past he had played
summer engagements at Manhattan
Beach, and in that time millions of peo-
ple listened to his music. His anvil cho-
rus some years ago attracted the atten-
tion of the entire country. Gilmores
fame is lasting. There are leaders who
have became famous by catering to the
most finely educated musical ears, but
Pat Gilmore catered to everybody. He
was as we'll understood and as popular
with the mechanic and day laborer as be
was with the intense symphony deyotee.
He was broad enough to place Beethoven
and 'sAnnie Rooney" "I4ohengrin" and
sMaggie Murphy's Home" side by side
on his programs. and thus won the hearts
Of all classes. He was strict discip-
linarian, but ruled his great band with
kindness rather than authority His
mon were devoted to him. and nothing
he essayed in the way of musical novel
ties was too hard for them to attempt,
and their devotion usually made his
efforts glowing success. His rehearsals
found him the hard worker. Nothing
escaped his finely tempered ear. Once
at a rehearsal, and in the midst of one OF
his most difficult selections, he sharply
raped his baton on the desk. The band
stopped instanter. Turning to big.
trombone player, who seemed to be try
ing to hide behind his instrument, Mr..
Gilmore said very quietly: