New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-01

ISOLATION came into existence as an oratorio So
cety. or the twenty-five concerts given by the
Handel and Haydn Society, all were OF miscel-
laneous sacred and secular music except three. At
the concert on November 80. 1881 Judas Mac
cabeus' was performed being the first performance
OF an oratorio in Newark. on June IA, 1899. NJ r.
Kings oratorio, THE Intercession.' was produced
and repeated June 2s The New-York Musical
Institute made two visits 10 Newark, on January
&C. le47 with the Seasons" and on March e. 1877,
with the Messiah both conducted by George
I<oder The orchestra contained George +. Bris;ow,
j. A. Kyle the fute-plsyer; Henry Marks, Vio-
linst Henry c. TenIn, pianist, and the SOLO sing
ers were o. equal celebrity. The Newark Sacred
Music Association was formed TO continue this
work. Under the direction OF Mr.. lsley this So
Getty sang David on February i, 1852, The In
,ercession" on June g. 1852 and Recess caniata THE
Morning" the same evening couple OF mis-
cellaneous concerts were also given. But the as
ISOLATION dropped away. and soon disbanded. Mr.
Isley was a fine musician and a good conductor,
and the associa ton had in its chorus number of
ladies' and gentlemen who became famous in local
musical circles. Miss HannairvMoore afterward
Mrs Sproston: Miss Hattie &. Crane. afterward
Mrs r. c. Colt and Miss Sarah A. Gere, were three
singers who long enjoyed great popularity and all
three were daughters of members Of the Handel
and Haydn Society. Then there were William n.
Gay. Albert G. Cam. A. Stephen Holbrook. DR..
William T. Mercer. Judge George f. futile John
J. Young who a member of the choir OF the
Church OF the Ascension. NewYork, in 1890 and
is Sill. living DR.. Samuel IL. Pennington. who was
the president OF the Handel and Haydn Society.
still living, and now the president Of the Newark
City National Bank; Henry Feigl Henry Ti!cher.
the organ-buder; John r. Weeks. the lawyer. and
many other well-known Newarkers. Mr. 1lsley was
for many years very prominent in Newark must
cal affairs were also his three brothers, Ferdi-
nand l., George F. and Edward: his sisters Anna
and Elizabeth: his daughters Helen and Harriet,
and his sons. f.. Clark and Francis q. Esey.
After this society ceased active work Mr. Ilsley
got up performances OF the Seasons" and "Crea
EFFORT was made start another society until Oc-
ISOLATION was formed, with A. Stephen Holbrook as
conductor. On January q. 1865. the name was
changed 10 the Newark Harmonic Association
Charles Schmidt was elected conductor. and the
scope Of the society enlarged. From that time until
Nay. 1885, this society filed the principal place in
Newark musical life. The great oratorios were
sung, beginning modestly with Haydn's Third Mass
and gradually acquiring strength and facility. until
at last such works as Verdis Requiem Mass Der.
liozs 'Damnation OF Faust" Rubnsten's Tower
Of Babel and Dvorak's "Stabat Mater" in its
reper,ory. During these years the society had sew
eral different conductors including John p Morgan
Henry Feig. Ernst Eberhard. Walter Damrosch
Frank Damrosch. Dudley Buck, Augustine Cortsda
and j.. NJ. Bowman the last IL the first So
c.ety that young Waiter Damrosch ever conducted
Here ne gained the experience which enabled him
to take up the Oratorio Society when his father
DR.. Damrosch, died in 1856. With few exceptions
tire works produced by the Harmonic were sung FOL
the first time in Newark. Its members included al