Fifteenth Amendment Celebration

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 January 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Apr 1870, Evening

Program Details

This event began with a parade down Fifth Avenue “from an early hour in the morning.” Included an unidentified hymn written for the occasion by John Sargent.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Band, unidentified;  Women's chorus, unidentified
2)
"Hail to the chief"
Composer(s): Sanderson
Participants:  Band, unidentified

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 07 April 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 April 1870, 7.

A description of the day’s events, including a transcription of a speech.