The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-02
DRAMATICAN LYRIC
A Sketch of the Famous E. S.
Gilmore.
LIVE WEEK AT THE THEATRE
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more. and the thousands by whom he was
loved, will peruse with interest the follow
Ing details Of the life and final moments Of
the great bandmaster A ST. Louis dis
patch Of Sept. "a says:
The fatal illness, the exact nature of
which has not been announced by the
physicians, attacked him about o'clock
this morning. For nearly two weeks the
great musician he's been in bad physical
condition. but he and his friends attributed
1t to overwork. He was looking forward
10 the conclusion of his season at the St.
Louis exposition. when he purposed taking
good rest.
About 4 o'clock this morning his wife
vas awakened and found he was in dis
tress. She summoned their daughter
Minnie. Colonel Gilmore was vomiting
and seemed to be suffering greatly. DR..
Mudd was called and applied remedies that
brought relief. In few hours, however,
The sufferers condition became so serious
that two other well known medical gentle
men were called and q conference was held.
The illness had assumed the character of
m acute bilious attack, and shortly before
A0'clock the doctors gave MIN up. He sank
gradually until the final breath left him at
b.45 o'clock The news was soon carried
10 all sections Of the city. and the greatest
excitement, mingled with sorrow, was
manifested. The band was at the EXPOSE
tion ready for the first concert and they
went through with the first hours concert.
Then the death was announced and there
was no more music tonight.
Patrick Sarsield Gilmore was born on
Christmas day, 1880, in the county Galway,
Ireland. During the days OF his boyhood
he showed an intense love for music Fid-
dies, flies and drums made BY his own
hands we're his toys and whatever was pro-
ductive Of melody or harmony fell upon his
gar ike charm.
AT the age of fifteen young Gilmore was
{ music teacher in Ireland. Athlone being
large garrison town, there were gener-
ally three or four British regiments quar-
tered there. and the boy could always be
found among the band musicians. a re-
tired bandmaster and famous musician
named Heating took the musical prodigy in
hand and put him through course of har-
m1ny end Instrumentation, so that in
Saort time he could play upon any instru-
ment in the Atnlone amateur band, of
which be was member and for which he
composed several pieces.
Ii was the opinion OF his teacher, heat-
ing, that he would find wider field for
bis musical abilities in America. inasmucn
as he had already arrived at great prof.
cheney on the cornet, ana he accordingly
determined to try the experiment.
CAME TO BOSTON.
He arrived in Boston at the age of nine
teen, and at once accepted situation in
the music store of tee Messrs Ordway.
His services as cornet player were i'm
naediately sought for, and his first engage
ment was as leader of a newly organized
band in Charleston. He successfully led
the Suffolk and Boston brigade bands, and
then accepte1 an offer Of "a Thousand a
year. and all he could make, to leave Bos-
ten and go 10 the neighboring city OF Salem
to lead the band there which he did with
great success for four years.
Returning to Boston he organized Gil
more's band, which soon became famous
throughout the country. When the war
broke out he and his band went to the front
with the Tventy-fonrth Massachusetts
Volunteers. Service in the cause found
Gilmore st New Orleans IN 1864, where all
the bands and music in the military depart
ment were placed under his charge.
Here Is was that he Organized what may
be styled his first grand jubilee, the occs-
Bion being the restoration of civic power
under the stars and stripes in that city.
his FIRST GREAT PROJECT.
He projected the plan of having chorus
of 10, 0J0 school children and 500 musicians,
with infantry and artillery accompani-
ments, in grand national concert to aid In
the inauguration of Michael Hahn, III e
first governor of Louisiana elected under
the Union administration, just before the
clo5e Of the war.
The loyal element Of New Orleans loaded
him down with gifts after this great fete.
one of the gifts being silver goblet filed
with gold, presented him at compliment
airy dinner given by 100 gentlemen previous
10 his return to Boston.
A few years later ne conceived the idea
OF the great National Peace Jubilee, .
which was held in Boston, and its success
full accomp lishment was looked upon AS
something almost miraculous, creating,
naturally. national interest but attract
ing the attention OF the civilized world.
Three years after the first jubilee, which
was entirely national in character, Gilmore
yearned for q musical gathering which
should represent all nations. With this
idea he visited the chief governments of
Europe, the result being that in 1872 Bos-
ton was again the center attraction for the
eyes and ears Of all musical Christendom.
BIG GATHERING OF MUSICIANS.
Never in the worlds history had there
been such gathering of musicians The
chorus numbered 10000 voices and the
great orchestra 70, 900 instruments. In
addition 60 these the band OF the Grenadier
Guards from London came TO represent
the British, the band of the Garde Repub-
licaine from Paris. the French. and the
band Of the Kaiser Franz regiment from
Berlin, the Germans; while Johann Strauss
stood up for the "Blne Danube'' and Aus
tria
In 1873 Gilmore moved to New York and
organized the now famous Twenty-second
Regiment band which, after playing for
several seasons in Gllmore's garden and
making many concert tours throughout
the country, even as far as San Francisco.
went TO Europe and there won the reputa-
ton Of being one OF the finest military
bands in the world.
A PROLIFIC COMPOSER.
Mr.. Gilmore's musical compositions
are very numerous.
The song of Good News from Home ,,
written some twelve or fifteen years ago.
has attained TO immense popularity, having
been sung the world over. Another OF his
compositions is the descriptive bass song
entitled THE Voice OF the Departing Soul:
or Deaths at the Door, when JOHNNY
Comes Marching Home.n the words Of
which were written by Mr.. Gilmore. under
the non de plume of MIR. Lambert has been
heard in every part Of the world and was
very popular during the war.
For the last ten years or SO Mr.. Gilmore
was engaged every summer at Manhattan
Beach hotel. where he presented admirable
programmes.
Mr.. Gilmore might have been called a
demnnsfrative conductor. His eyes sought
out every player, his gestures were ouick.
but were always rewarded with prompt
reorganization. His natty person, gilt
epaulsttes. WRxed mOustach. his eve
glasses gloves and baton were familiar to
everyone
There are few bandmasters who have