New Yorker Turnverein [Gymnasts] Annual Ball: 17th

Event Information

Venue(s):
New York Casino

Proprietor / Lessee:
Paul Falk

Conductor(s):
Franz Krüger

Price: $1 for a man and ladies

Event Type:
Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 January 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Dec 1867, Evening

Program Details

Also included unidentifiable partsong, “Die Freude.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Turner Liedertafel
2)
Gesänge, men's voices, op. 128. Ave Maria
aka Gesange, men's voice, op. 128
Composer(s): Abt
3)
Gesänge, op. 36. Wir Jungen Musikanten
Composer(s): Kücken

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 20 October 1867, 8.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 09 December 1867, 8.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 December 1867, 8.

The event attracted a large audience as expected.

4)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 14 December 1867, 298.

The Turner Liedertafel [chorus] performed at the      ball of the Turnverein [Gymnast Assoc.] Abt’s “Ave Maria”, Kücken’s “Die jungen Musikanten”, “Die Freude,” etc. Unfortunately this chorus rarely performs in front of large audiences. It has around 30 singers, and the conductor is Fr. Krüger.