Judas Maccabaeus

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Frédéric Louis Ritter

Price: $1.50, $1

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 March 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Nov 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Judas Maccabaeus
Composer(s): Handel
Text Author: Morell [librettist]
Participants:  New York Harmonic Society;  Orchestra, unidentified;  George Simpson;  John Rogers Thomas;  Clara V. Hutchings [alto];  Samuel P. Warren [organ];  Gertrude [soprano] Frankau

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 November 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 01 December 1869.

“Handel’s ‘Judas Maccabeus’ was performed at Steinway Hall last night by the Harmonic Society. The usual courtesies to the press were omitted by those having the management for the affair.”