Anna Payne's Annual Concert

Event Information

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

Conductor(s):
William Berge

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 September 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jan 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Chorus, unidentified;  Anna [contralto] Payne;  William S. [tenor] Leggat;  Mrs. A. E. Holbrook [contralto];  Mrs. Eugene Cruger [soprano]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 January 1870, 2.
2)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 22 January 1870.

“Thursday night to Mrs. Anna Payne’s concert at Hall of Young Men’s Christian Association. Pharisaical young men, judging by their name, but they have a handsome concert room. Music was ‘common doings.’ It’s an evangelical clubhouse, & will do a certain amount of good among young clerks from the country & ‘sitch.’ If it would condescend to open a smoking room & introduce a few barrels of ale lager, it would do twice as much good.”