Thüringer Festival in America: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bellevue-Garten

Proprietor / Lessee:
734 Broadway Broadway Athenaeum (1865)

Price: $.25 cents for gentlemen and a lady

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 May 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Aug 1867

Program Details

No performance time given.
Birdshooting and traditional food.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Aurora Gesangverein;  Social Reformer Liedertafel;  Thüringer Sängerbund;  Wasservogel Verein;  Wolfsschlucht Gesangverein;  Hudson City Quartette Club;  Schmidt's Band;  Rheinischer Sängerbund;  Polyhymnia Gesangverein

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 August 1867, 6.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 August 1867, 8.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 24 August 1867, 42.

On August 20th [incorrect date], the Thüringer Sängerbund gave a Grand Thüring Festival including bird shooting. It was the first of this kind of festival organized by a chorus, and the ticket sale proved its success. Adolph Schmitt’s band played for the dancers; the attending singers also did well at the shooting. Other participating choruses were the Rheinische Sängerbund, Aurora, Wolfsschlucht, Taunus Sängerbund, Liederhain, Hudson City Quartett Club and Polyhymnia. (…)