Grammar School No. 56: Opening Exercises

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grammar School No. 56

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 June 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Dec 1869, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
"Praise God in His Holiness"
2)
"Thou, my heart, art not forsaken"
3)
"Curfew, The"
Composer(s): Atwood
4)
"Come forward with pleasure"
5)
"Leave us not"
Composer(s): Zeta [pseud.]
Text Author: Hemans
6)
"Doxology"

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 24 December 1869, 8.

“The opening exercises of the new grammar school No. 56, in the Sixteenth ward, on Eighteenth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, were largely attended and came off with gratifying success yesterday afternoon. This school has been very recently opened in a new and imposing structure, which overtops all the neighboring houses and is crowded with a cupola that gives it the look of an astronomical observatory. The school room where the exercises took place had a fresh and cheerful look, like the faces of the young and smiling pupils, all of whom were neatly and comfortably dressed… [Lists addresses given.]

“…[T]he following was performed by the pupils, much to the interest and satisfaction of all who were present:—

Anthem, ‘Praise God in his Holiness;’…chant, The Lord’s Prayer; chorus, ‘Thou, My Heart, Art not Forsaken;’ glee, ‘The Curfew;’ song and chorus, ‘Come Forward with Pleasure;’ duet, ‘The Swallows;’ chorus, ‘Leave us Not.’ The Doxology concluded the exercises, after which the children and adult spectators departed home.”