“Grand patriotic programme.”  Full corps of fifes and drums.

Includes program. 

“There was a very large attendance at this charming summer garden last night. The programme, specially arranged for Independence Day, began with ‘Yankee Doodle’ and wound up with ‘The Star Spangled Banner.’ There was, however, sandwiched in between selections to please every taste.  Especial prominence was given to the music of Scotland, and the way in which the simple and touching melodies of the ‘Land o’Cakes’ were received shows how welcome popular music is to the people. Mr. Gilmore, in coming down from the classic heights to the level of the popular understanding and taste, has shown a real appreciation of a popular want, and the result is seen in the splendid support which his garden receives from the people. Mr. Arbuckle and Mr. Levy played their delightful solos, and the marks of appreciation bestowed on them by the immense audience must have been exceedingly flattering to these artists. Mr. Levy’s ‘American Polka,’ introducing the national airs, brought down thunders of applause, and Mr. Sohst sang with telling effect the fine song, ‘The Sword of Bunker Hill.’”