Dedication of the new YMCA building

Event Information

Venue(s):
Young Men’s Christian Association Hall

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 April 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Dec 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
2)
Voluntary, organ, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Antonio L. Mora
3)
Dedicatory hymn
Composer(s): Randoph

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 03 December 1869, 10.

Transcriptions of speeches; no mention of music.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 03 December 1869, 5.

Long review of the event; provides history of the building, as well. “…The exercises began with a voluntary on the organ by Signor A. Mora… The entire audience then joined in singing a dedicatory hymn, written for the occasion by A. D. F. Randoph [sic], Esq.”

3)
Review: New York Post, 03 December 1869, 8.

Long article reviewing the event, mentions that Mora performed on the organ.