Show who i h theodore thomas I 1 boa A young man who fifteen years sinco since conceived the iho project of if t a 0 conditions of 0 musical cult arc ia Arac rica of milk bog the highest forms or of tho the art the dully dally ol of the ms instead of tho the luxury of the rich iio believed tharo is ia DO music too high for or tho the popular appreciation still bat no do eju calion wm was required for 1110 enjoyment ot of beethoven i rind and that it was only calary flint a public whose taste hall hail bon T vitiated by over in trifler should have amo and ol opportunity por to accustom itself to better belter things ihli ign the ot at large leow little or nothing of 0 tho the great corn core for the 1 bo orchestra three or four more or lest ecsi co mits lions had tho Illo cipal cities of the united stater but they mido made little permanent impression brought over lor for lin his concern only five alvo or sit tolo olo players and li ibi up the band with an anch CIA math terilla aa hi he found her 0 tho a coloe berated germania bin which firtl ciril brought clr ard biot notice nonce daiil dit some admirable work but it foil fell I 1 10 0 pieces after six nucara sears tt of t ale aej d d a it t w was as not fa a co corn m I 1 to oro dho ho hilra os err a T tho h 0 nie new Y york 0 rk Nil harmonic society Socie tf llie ilie howard How iril lt mn laical in domton and a low few similar ilire or deij deal in ia tinch parts of tho the country while pioneer 11 fcc f blure rul Ul ure th tho way for or thomas nith illi hill dea orchestra and annl imposing impo iB i reject aal nl a nucleus 0 of f buskill int around which the popular artera art en loa haa iago niam ol of tho the pr tent sent was waa easily formed from roni the iho very ot of their organ filoi bhoj a almli port apart from tho the a damon 0 browd they acro donop ohl d so BO lo 10 a speak liy by llie ilia hower flower of rank BOI and rab I 1 bion to taw gereral public their perform performances inces we tia my anre titer cole braW bahi behind oil cl bil bd doors in the primico of it i select elect and od Uno liang in 9 company or of behor cre doubtless the iho culture chiai these in their re rc circh a spread bon tl thod them little lit li by little tn an I 1 the to loo a a 0 1 k but il would bave r quiren to or three nr tiD to thus thu leavan ill ili whole mae the ile concerti w were ere toi loi lew few 10 lo xo dicocca toos thet 1 ho fine i caplo coplo these be hal I 1 lit tle la familiar intercourse with the mul and tho the mailo guide upon blem by tho the acro ere not re a lily transmitted down dowa ward theodore I 1 homes was hii fied that tho the right cobrae WM was to begin at the hot bottom tom instead of the ibo tp tip and mike mako ila cultivation or of mui 0 popular jodlo and 10 poor and coln vs una unaided idd sod alne lo lio rook it thi the late wu inn binl altal festival in C tit at which tho the highest class of in ia chitti ci vas will delivered by gottino performer ore vocal and sad which was most molt ent lialis finally it i not dot altogether ap AD lier tthomas was waa right or riot not it is only a few 3 oars cars since the ninth symphony was looked upon by tur our buical ni os as very nearly tible a pho pha and abar ber ration ot of genius ftc which bich wo should no more mora thir thithi k of 0 trying to lo pe rio rm than ihan or of flying now there is hardly a choral society io in any feind rato rate american city which does not attempt it soral som of tho the vocal pa kaiue gigs a io ila oat ant eta cm be sung bony mud alcy are sung bong it is much moro more generally understood than it used to lc be on binl tho the timo is il rabidly coming 1 to lo thomas when hen all that is now obscure will be ba lightened ap and c 1 the onh lie be mado made ai is af pf gaa as alc L pastal tho the fist step toward the llie contemplator by thomas wi was to ahlo ilo illo of and increase in creaso their frequency out oni country had never cover possessed post ered it genuine o ebes chos tra li ir it a band of players gat gilb erod bared together gather lo rt pt rare 3 ir ar a o daoa riot dot deserve ibal bat miao aa aa orebell ra ought to bo be a perma nen ben t tody lody ilmo ambers CM play to etther overy every dy day the same conductor lad and datolo ex elusively to goruino music nobody hl had yet tj ti to found u d an lra of flits k nil in amo america rica but bat thomas it could 13 done to cover tho the whole rno ol of high flims of art which lie ho had bad in view lie needed also a t chorus choral chorus chores and orb estria to bo be andr the same coutz coltri 4 1 always ready leady to operate a in train tri ming mg bior this ta perman permanent ont bind band ol of and lucra players lr cra there must bo be a rerun nent dent lome home soil bail a bright comforti ble well ventilated concert half in ia summer with an aa open garden tod and to the iho mulli tudo every attraction attra cion not bocon coca frith wibb cul 11 II to ic with wilh in iiii course il ad figu after the whole year round roud the ilia noblest work corkol of all aletho the great might he worthily TOrt hily makinia now new york the center of cl laslo IOB 0 O boa cultura in ia the iho wor vor all d and edg thomas thomai work after he bo had gone this was a tolerably ambitious do dc sign for a young man maa of thirty but hall half of it li is air ady ail done the permanent orchestra hm bas been true cr oaid to and it ilaya the noblest of 0 musio every t year reper lory lary inc odes a about b a I 1 1300 compositions and receives irom from fifty to rev chiy ij iivo A adi afi liliona every year moro more I 1 lao boa I 1 half f of which lavo hico a cut value avaloo best of all a complete roro revo lution lutio n lias las been made in tho the public table the truth of theory that the people would deholl sma dieca ol 01 art it it ane proper properly pre tent to them is fully cilz labad ayal b ni mosia is no longer a ken toe eggar waiting bg uro upon thos indes of fashio liable society the populace popa laco havo vo learned to love IOTO it with wilh fervor ana run alter after it with irith enthusiasm and it i is better appreciated to dr dir j ia a tho united giltis ban in any E country coun iry kevil no manager would to 0 o fill a concert pro gramme such rubbish oa as wo we flood to applaud five cio or ten years igo ago pollas poll as for tho the cornet operatic potpourris pot pot pourris und and worthless manchos marc mar chos bo FLO moro mora serious the maaia the greater tho the popular la in tho the aholo americal Ameri cao public have accepted thomm tan daril of taste almost their aili and it it is bar hardly adly tn in exaggeration to say ay iy that lie ho dictates dicta toj concert pr to file butira buhro country can 11 with krammes etli the erect erection iou nod of the InAi tille toward which a wealthy new yorker his hai recently ly given a million illion la dollars as a a we may kiy look to tea fee thou thoo doro dore thoma ideal the story or of how bow le ho has bu done oil all this is too long and besides it is the tha old story of perseverance energy tod and intelligence con conquering queria all toes foes and surmounting all obstacle clef what Nit athe be hia 1123 done wild was what WO we wished to ta im iia part might be b ignorant of bim aag sad and tho the almost kunii tallied an a tf of the purest and moat exhilarating hila rating quality he bo has bag placed within leach of the ilia people in ia all tho the future 0 |