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The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], A great musical festival. (search)
A great musical festival. --On the 31st ultimo a great musical festival was held in the Crystal Palace, in London which is thus described by the Times: "Yesterday the yearly choral meeting of the Tonic Sol-fa Association — now one of the great autumnal events at Sydenham — attracted upward of twenty-four thousand visitors to the Crystal Palace. The spectacle presented to the Handel orchestra was most animated and interesting. The choir consisted of five thousand voices, principally of young persons and children, but including one thousand tenors and basses. The first part, devoted to sacred music, contained the Gloria in Excelsix,' from Nozart's Twelfth Mass; Dr. Croft's Cry Aloud and Shout, 'Sec, the Conquering Hero Comes,' from 'Judas Macab Macabœus; and various hymns and anthems. The secular pieces included, among others, Mr. Hickson's 'Bells Ringing,' to the tune of 'Caller herring;' the 'Escape from the City,'(Flotow;) Hail to the Chief,'(Bishop;) the &Blue Bells of