Event Information
Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink
Event Type:
Band
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
1 August 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Sep 1869, Evening
09 Sep 1869, Evening
10 Sep 1869, Evening
11 Sep 1869, Evening
Program Details
A multi-month exhibition showcasing various goods produced by American industry, including machinery, wool, and art. The opening ceremony on 09/08/69 featured speeches by Orestes H. Cleveland and Horace Greeley. It seems that a band performed daily and nightly throughout the exhibition, though the details about the music are scant in advertisements and announcements across the whole month.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Post, 04 September 1869, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 04 September 1869, 3.
Extremely difficult to read.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 07 September 1869, 4.
“…a band will be constantly in attendance.”
4)
Review: New York Herald, 08 September 1869, 3.
“At half-past eight o’clock nearly 2,000 people had assembled, and a band of music was discoursing exhilarating airs from the platform, when Mr. Orestes H. Cleveland, of New Jersey, mounted the speaker’s stand and asked for the attention of the assemblage…”
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 September 1869, 182.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 12 September 1869, 5.
Long and positive review of the event. “…A band of music is present day and evening.”
