Knights of St. Patrick in Aid of the Poor of Ireland: Meeting

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 September 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Apr 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  New York Harmonic Society
2)
"Hail to our nation"
Composer(s): Keller
3)
"Hail to the chief"
Composer(s): Sanderson
4)
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country"
aka Where liberty dwells is my country
Composer(s): Root

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Times, 08 April 1863, 1.
Appearances by Gen. McClellan, Mayor Opdyke, Archbishop Hughes, Horace Greeley and many other notables.  The event “was an immense success, both in point of numbers and enthusiasm.”