The Irish standard., 1906-05-19

The grand memorial concert held at
| the Madison Square Garden on May
l3 in coInmemurttion of t.rin's illus
triouS son, Patrick Sarsiield Gilmore.
suggests that Il summary of his career
is in season says the Irish World TO the
older generation ii is already familiar
! history; but to the young generation
OF Irish Americans his name should be
no less Il household word, for ln these
his record cannot but be at once a
pride and an inspiration. The glory of
Gilmorc'S later days but reflected and
sustained his equally brilliant past. So
modest WAS he concerning his own cni-
| nrnt achievements. 50 spiritcdly did he
| press on from victory tn victory, that
h"norS were easy; yet from first to last
his professional c;,rccr was Il march of
triumph. his personal record that OF
one unsl~iled by success. and unworld-
ly ANA simple of soul as Il child, true
I" the God of his forcfat Tiers at ur:,c.
| in the holy graves Of Ireland" and
l"yal t" his loved mother Erin.
In EhllygHr. County Galway, Patrick
Sarsticld Gilmore WAS born under the
| star OF Christmas midnight 1929.
whose Christian fires pcrncatcd his
life t" the end. Although "tmc irish
scl,oolnastcr and the dear Irish
priest" OF his early days were con-
spiru"us among his tcndcrcst rcmcln-
branccs. yet in Il scholastic sense his
education could have been but brief,
since in youthful years he was npprcn-
ticcd for long term to II merchant in
the commercial sense. 81 bad bargain.
business methods ana material out
looks on life were nntipathctic to his
| purely artistic temperament, and only
the fact that hs employer was II broad
aud induIgcnt man, and the fHther of
muSic-lnving boys. saved his npprcn-
| tirc from severe reckoning. But the
boys were delighted with young GIL
m"rcs piping ana liddling." ana pro-
m"tcd him from the counter to the
position Of Teacher Of music. He taught
| them to play the cornct while dcvot-
ing himself to the general study Of
music under kcnting, 81 noted musician
and leader of the Athlonc band. The
experienced bandmastcr recognized "a
genius and zcalously taught his am
bilious pupil harmonic theory as well
as the practice Of every instrument
procuriblc at the time. This versatile
tntclhgc proved u providence, aS only
tw" days after his arrival in America
the young Irishmans surprising per-
fnrmancc on instrument after inStru-
m"nt. as he examined the br:isscs and
reeds in Ordway's music store in Hos-
ton. resulted in his immediate engage
mcnt as clerk in the band instrument
department.. "I'ucklcy's' SerrnndcrS." :"
the most artistic minstrel troupe of the
time soon :ftcrward appeared in Ros-
| ton. The cntcrpriSing Gilmore i'm
mcdiatcly proposed to his employer,
DIR. John J.. Ordwny, the formation of
81 similar troupe to bring the Ordway
publications prominently before the
public. "Ordway'S Acolinns" resulted;
ANA while the versatile Gilmore took
his turn at all the Instruments. his
speciality was the l.; lInt cOrnct AS IL
SOOiSt he became renowned Sllcccrd-
ing the famed buger. Edward Kendall,
as leader of the Suffolk band, ana
thence passing to the successive lead
crShip "f the Boston brigade ana
Salem bands. yet sustaining his fame
as ihc best cornet soloist in the United
States till his splendid health broke
as Arbuckle and Levy advanced to
fiji the void he resigned the field of
the soloist forever, and confined him
self to his supreme place as organizer
and leader of the greatest musical fes-
tivals and most famous concert band
OF his time-indced. OF all previous
time.
1t was while at the head of the
Salem band that Mr.. Gilmore origi-
mated and suggested to the Boston city
government the famous monster
Fourth of July concerts of patriotic
music on Boston Common, afterward
adopted as the most successful feature