Boston illustrated; . are occupied as bach-elors apartments. Standmg on Tremont Street, at the head of Hamilton Place, and lookingdown the place, one may see the side entrance to a plam and lofty brick budd-mg without ornament or architectural pretensions of any sort. This buildmg isthe Boston Music Hall, one of the noblest public halls in the world. It wasbuilt by private enterprise, and first opened to the public in 1852. The acous-tic properties of the hall are perfect. As Dr. Holmes has said, it is a kind ofpassive musical instrument, or at least a sounding-board constructed on theoreti-ca
Boston illustrated; . are occupied as bach-elors apartments. Standmg on Tremont Street, at the head of Hamilton Place, and lookingdown the place, one may see the side entrance to a plam and lofty brick budd-mg without ornament or architectural pretensions of any sort. This buildmg isthe Boston Music Hall, one of the noblest public halls in the world. It wasbuilt by private enterprise, and first opened to the public in 1852. The acous-tic properties of the hall are perfect. As Dr. Holmes has said, it is a kind ofpassive musical instrument, or at least a sounding-board constructed on theoreti-cal hall is 130feet in length,78 in breadth,and 65 inheight. T h eheight is halfof the length;the breadth issix tenths ofthe length, theunit being thir-teen feet. Thefine statue ofApollo, the ad-mirable castspresented byMiss CharlotteCushman andplaced in thewalls, and,above all, them a g n i fi c e n tstatue of Bee-t h o V e n , byCrawford, thatstands onthe platform,deserve the at-tention ofevery visitor. Hemmenway Burlding rt Streets BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. to the hall. For more than thirty years the most of the concerts of highcharacter have been given here : the grand oratorio performances of theHandel and Haydn Society, the oldest musical organization in the UnitedStates, and the leading choral society in the country ; the Symphony Concertsof the Harvard Musical Association ; the deservedly popular concerts of theBoston Symphony Orcliestra, established in 1881 througli the liberality ofHenry L. Higginson, which furnishes twice each week during the winter sea-sou the choicest music at a low price ; the occasional concerts of the Apollo,Boylston, Cecilia, and other singing clubs ; and those of individual artists,who, from Ole Bull and Parepa to Josefty, have been heard within these great organ, long one of the attractions of the hall, was removed in the Music Hall is a small hall known as Bumstead Hall, the entranceto which is from the main ent
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