Ignatz Pollak’s Farewell Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Price: $1.50 reserved; $1

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Pollak soon departs for Europe. “Eminent artists” to assist.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William Candidus;  Ignatz Pollak;  [tenor] Alvers;  Alfred F. Toulmin [harp];  Edward [pf - composer] Hoffman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 March 1869, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 17 March 1869.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 March 1869, 5.

Brief. “Mr. Ignatz Pollak announces for to-night [sic], at Irving Hall, his farewell concert in America.”

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 March 1869, 4.

“Mr. Ignatz Pollak, pupil of the celebrated Stockhausen, and an artist of unusual sentiment and tenderness, is about to leave our shores. He proposes to give a farewell concert prior to his departure. The entertainment will take place at Irving Hall on Friday (to-morrow) evening. Mr. Pollak will be assisted by distinguished artists, and will, we trust, be greeted by a large audience.”

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 March 1869, 4.

“Mr. Ignatz Pollak gave a farewell concert last night at Irving Hall. Mr. Candidus, Mr. Alvers, Mr. Toulmin, Mr. Edward Hoffman, and several other artists (not including Madame Johannsen, who was advertised, but fell sick) took part in the melancholy rites, and the funeral was attended by a large and highly respectable representation of the general public. Some of Mr. Pollak’s German songs were excellently done. He has a sweet and sympathetic voice, and we shall miss him when he is gone. He has not gone yet, however, for he will sing again tomorrow [at Irving Hall].”