Helmsmüller Saturday Evening Concert: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Band, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Dec 1862, 8:00 PM

Program Details

First Saturday Evening Concert

Hellsmüller‘s 22nd Regiment Band (40 performers)
Hellsmüller’s German(ia) Orchestra (36 performers)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Helmsmüller's German Orchestra;  Helmsmüller's Band;  Jennie Kempton;  William Castle;  Pedro de Abella

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 01 December 1862, 8.
“Helmsmuller, who is so well and widely known as a musician, and as the conductor of one of the finest military bands in the City, announces that he will give a series of popular Saturday evening concerts. . . . The music performed at these entertainments will be of a light and popular character, executed by both a military band and grand orchestra.”
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 December 1862.
First of a series of Saturday night concerts at Irving Hall. “Helmsmuller’s name is a guaranty for what is professionally good.”
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 03 December 1862, 8.
The band consists of 40 performers.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 December 1862, 7.
Time, prices, people.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 December 1862, 7.
Abella.
6)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 05 December 1862.
Helmsmuller’s 22nd Regiment Band of 40, plus his German orchestra will give Saturday evening concerts beginning 12/5, tickets .50, and will engage soloists.
7)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1862, 7.
8)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 December 1862, 7.
9)
Review: New-York Times, 08 December 1862, 5.
“The excellent band . . . gave a fine concert. . . . The cold weather interfered very materially with the attendance, but not with the enjoyment of those who were fortunate enough to be present.”