Cooper Institute Cuban Freedom Demonstration

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 January 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Apr 1870, Evening

Program Details

An event that appears to have featured several addresses on the topic of Cuban liberation.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Chorus, unidentified;  Seventy-Seventh Regiment Band;  William J. [tenor] Hill
2)
"Marseillaise, La"
aka Chant de guerre pour l’armée du Rhin; Marseillais' Hymn
Composer(s): Rouget de Lisle
Text Author: Rouget de Lisle
Participants:  William J. [tenor] Hill

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 April 1870, 7.

Americans! Irishmen! Germans! and all lovers of liberty, are invited to attend the grand demonstration… The Seventy-first Regiment Band and several Glee Clubs will be in attendance. Mr. Wm. J. Hill will sing the ‘Marseillaise.’”