Vocal and Instrumental Concert and Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Germania Assembly Rooms

Conductor(s):
R. Göller [org/piano/cond]
[conductor] Herschmann
J. Gerstel

Price: $1

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo), Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Herschmann conducted the ball music; Gerstel and Gröller conducted the choruses. Welsch, listed below, was the choirmaster. Gerstel also played the guitar.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Laetitia Gesangsverein;  Colonia Männerchor;  G. [Cantor] Welsch;  J. Gerstel

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 08 March 1867.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 11 March 1867, 8.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 14 March 1867, 8.

Much of the article is illegible. The concert attracted a large audience. 

4)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 16 March 1867, 505.

A well attended concert. The performance of the choruses was satisfactory. Gerstel played several pieces on the guitar on which he is a true virtuoso.