Free Art School Annual Receptions

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Conductor(s):
Felice J. Eben

Event Type:
Band, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 May 1870, Evening
27 May 1870, Evening

Program Details

The “Female Art Department” held its reception on Thursday, the “Free Art School for Males” held its on Friday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Twenty-Third Regiment Band;  Eben's Orchestra

Citations

1)
Review: New York Post, 26 May 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 27 May 1870, 5.

“All the rooms devoted to the study of literature, science and art in the Cooper Institute were crowded to excess last night by an admiring assemblage of our best citizens, who were attracted there by the invitations issued for the annual reception of the Female Art Department. An excellent band of music, under the direction of Mr. Felix J. Eben, occupied the reading room and played choice selections of popular music during the evening.”

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 May 1870, 5.

“…the 23d Regiment Band furnished excellent music for the promenade.”

4)
Review: New-York Times, 28 May 1870, 8.

“Last evening the Free Art School for Males, of the Cooper Union, held their annual reception. The attendance, though not quite so large as that of the evening previous, filled every room and alcove, while Eben’s band filled the air with sweet music.” No further mention of music.

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 May 1870, 5.

“The galleries and reading-room… resounded with the strains of Eben’s band…”