Scottish Musical Entertainment: National Wallace Monument Fund Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Conductor(s):
Walter Russell Johnston [org-piano]

Price: $1

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Jun 1867, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William Mason;  George Simpson;  Charles Kemble Fox;  Jules G. Lumbard;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  David [Scottish singer] Kennedy;  Helen Kennedy [piano-soprano]
2)
Duet, vocal, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  George Simpson;  Jules G. Lumbard
3)
"Man's a man for a' that, A"
Composer(s): Dempster
Text Author: Burns
Participants:  David [Scottish singer] Kennedy
4)
"Within a mile of Edinboro town"
aka Edinboro town; 'Twas within a mile o' Edinburgh town
Composer(s): Hook [comp.]
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
5)
"Here’s a health bonnie Scotland to thee"
Composer(s): Lee
Text Author: Truman
Participants:  George Simpson
6)
"Rocked in the cradle of the deep"
Composer(s): Knight
Text Author: Willard
Participants:  Jules G. Lumbard
7)
"Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled"
aka Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Text Author: Burns
Participants:  David [Scottish singer] Kennedy
8)
"Tam o’ Shanter"
Text Author: Burns
Participants:  William Mason
9)
"Anchor’s weighed, The"
Composer(s): Braham
Participants:  George Simpson
10)
"Tak your auld cloak about ye"
aka Take your old cloak about you; Tak your auld cloak about ye; Tak yer ould cloak about ye; Tak yer auld cloak aboot ye
Participants:  David [Scottish singer] Kennedy
11)
"Auld Robin Gray"
aka Auld Robin Grey
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
12)
"Bonnie Dundee"
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  Jules G. Lumbard
13)
"Of a’ the airts the winds can blaw"
aka Of a' the airts the wind can blow
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns
Participants:  George Simpson
14)
"Alister McAlister"
aka Allister McAllister
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  David [Scottish singer] Kennedy
15)
"Auld lang syne"
aka Old lang syne
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 June 1867, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 26 June 1867, 4.