The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-05-19


the nations OF the world should con-
tribute their poets and conductors and
musical artists. National governments
should be represented nationally.
Come in your ships" cried the enthu
siast. come not with implements of
discordant war, but With instruments
of harmony, to inaugurate the era of
universal peace! Come all nations in
the name of King of Kings and Lord
OF Lords to echo the divine strain of
peace on earth unto men,
But the international, like the ma
tional jubilee, was too vast concep-
ton not to arouse doubt and opposition.
You have done the greatest thing in
the history of the world. Rest on your
laurels, Mr.. Gilmore" WAS the uni
versal advice.
But Patrick Sarstield Gilmore never
said die. and he pushed his seemingly
hopeless prospect with heroic persist
ence. Finally half a million subscrip-
ton was secured him, on condition
that the European governments would
permit their representative bands to
take part. President Grant proffered
| Mr.. Gilmore {, letter to all the Amcri-
can minister and official represent
;ltives of the United States in Europe,
soliciting their cooperation for his ef-
forts. Nevertheless, refusal after re-
fus;l in the name of the respective
governments met the musicians initial
overtures. But failure was not Il possi-
bility nf the successful Patrick'S. and
his resistlcSs genius, conquered. The
governments capitulated. and the Irisi!
Band from Dublin, the English Band
of the Grcnatier Guards, the Band of
the Gardc RepubIcuinc from Paris, the
Band Kaiser Franz Regiment from
Berlin. Johann Strauss, the famous
Viennese composer; Franz Abt, the be-
loved German song writer, with the
reignins vocal and instrumental ar
lists o.; Europe. met in amity at the
International Peace Jubilee. Its his
Jubilee. multiplied i'm grandeur and
majesty of effect. and in artistic and
popular success. The international APP
peal was Il Christian Apostolate. When
The Harp That Once rhro' Tar:,'s
Hail. ana other national airs and en-
quisite melodies of Erin blended with
Americas MY Country, Ills of Thee
and the Star Spanglet Banner when
the MarSeillaisc ana Die Wacht an
! Rhcin'' merged their national diScortS
in musical harmony. the golden chord
of peace and brotherly love echoed
acrnSs the ocean, and Patrick SarStield
Gilmore had achieved supremacy not
only as Il master muSiciHn. but as an in
SDirer ana leader of the whole human
race. The jubilee laste, two weeks,
during which the whole musical status
of America was raised to eminence he
for the art was established among the
people. The evolutcd musical taste in
America today is largely due to the
peace juhilccs. Bands. orchcs,rls and
choral societies all over the country
date from it, and the pioneer in sowing
classical taste on popular ground WAS
the great Patrick Sarstield Gilmore
AS il the Jubilee Coliseum must have
still more Irish honor identified with
il. Mr. Gilmore volunteered its use lu
the famous Irish Dominican. Father
Tom Burke. who rhanrcd To reach
Boston ut the close of the jubilee
Archbishop Williams ordered VesperS
To be omitted in all the churches ui
Boston and suburbs on the Sunday
afternoon "f his lecture. which realized
fourteen thousand dollars for the POS
ton Home for Destitute catholic Chill
dren.
Jubilee Gilmorc's conquest of Boston
was achieved. and the time was come
, New York. AS the ground becomes
familiar we need not dwell on details
he illuStriOuS career of its own Gil
mores Band being New York's proud
and dear tradition. In military as
; ISOLATION with the Twenty second
, Regiment the Irish bandnnSter became
The most popular local figure of public
parades and events to an extent lrous-
ing Inevitable jealousy and resentment
"Gilnore's Garden" now Madison
Square Garden. sadly Vet approprttc-
ly the scene of the great memorial con-
cert communicating him. became the
people during the six hundred nights
of magnificent concerts with which
C;ilmore's Band prefaced its triumphal
tour of Europe. Overlapping even
metropolitan bounds, Gilmore first be-
came national figure. leading the
great Centennial celebration in indie
pcndenc, Square. Philadelphia. and
subsequently wearing the musical
laurcls OF the Centennial Exposition of
16-then with the international fever
still iiercely upon him. taking Europe
by storm during Il concert tour of
Great Britain and the Continent. which,
by representative. artistic and critical
testimony. is ON record as Il musical