Beethoven Centennial Festival: Rehearsal: 7th

Event Information

Venue(s):
American Institute Coliseum

Conductor(s):
George [tenor] Weeks

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 October 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jun 1870, 3:00 PM

Program Details

A rehearsal for the “Grand Sunday School Musical Festival on Saturday, the 18th June, and finale of the Beethoven Centennial Jubilee.”

Some confusion in the citations about the start time.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Beethoven Centennial Festival Sunday School Chorus

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 June 1870, 7.

Lists start time as 5pm. “…[T]ickets for admission will be distributed.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 June 1870, 9.

“Children will please meet for rehearsal, Saturday, June 11, at 3 o’clock precisely.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 June 1870, 9.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 June 1870, 7.

Lists start time as 3pm.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 June 1870, 7.

Card listing all rehearsals remaining before the festival begins. Lists start time as 4pm.

6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 June 1870, 7.

Lists start time as 3pm.

7)
Announcement: New York Post, 11 June 1870, 2.