Teutonia Männerchor Masked Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Adolf Bernstein [cond./composer]

Price: $5 for gentleman and a lady; $1 extra ladies; $10, $15 private boxes

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 June 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Feb 1868, Evening

Program Details

Unclear if the Teutonia actually performed at this event. Also unclear if the orchestra was that belonging to the Teutonia or a different organization entirely.

Orchestra comprised of one hundred players.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 01 February 1868, 6.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 February 1868, 8.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 February 1868.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 February 1868, 7.

“Decorations will be of unexampled magnificence by Prof. Kleim.”

5)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 09 February 1868, 4.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 February 1868, 7.
7)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 February 1868.
8)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 13 February 1868, 6.

The is the first Teutonia chorus ball at the Academy of Music. The number of chorus members and their families and friends has increased so much, the smaller venues were no longer suitable...

9)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 February 1868, 4.

The event was a big success. It attracted a large, joyful audience.