Circle Français de l’Harmonie Concert and Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 April 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jan 1869, Evening

Program Details

Unidentified works by Offenbach, Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss, Howe.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 January 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 January 1869, 12.
3)
Article: Courrier des États-Unis, 23 January 1869.

“Le Bal du Cercle De L’harmonie” (separate column, unsigned). Long description of the [second] ball given by this French organization: how brilliant the costumes were, how famous the attendees (including American politicians and other worthies, and French stars from the opera-bouffe). “Theodore Thomas’s orchestra was a marvel….” No other mention of music. Very detailed menu. Next ball will be for Carnival on 3/4/69.