Annual Meeting of the National Musical Convention: 2nd
Event Information
Venue(s):
Steinway Hall
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
15 July 2022
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
30 Aug 1870, All Day31 Aug 1870, All Day
01 Sep 1870, All Day
Program Details
The organization was formed last year in Boston under the leadership of Eben Tourjée. Thursday: visit to St. George’s Church for an organ concert.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
4)
aka Mendelssohn's Wedding march;
Fantasie on Midsummer night's dream
Composer(s): Liszt
Participants: Carlyle Petersilea
7)
aka Harmonious blacksmith;
Harmonische Grobschmied;
Forgeron harmonieux
Composer(s): Handel
Participants: George Washbourne Morgan
8)
aka Guglielmo Tell;
William Tell;
Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants: George Washbourne Morgan
Citations
1)
Programme of exercises for the three days; includes names of speakers and titles of their papers. To be “interspersed by vocal and instrumental music of a high order by leading artists.”
6)
First day, Aug. 30th. Papers by Messrs. Henry C. Watson, L. H. Southard, and James Pech. Second day, August 31st. Papers by Messrs. T. F. Seward, S. D. Tillman, C, Petersilea, and J. O’Neill. Third day, September 1. Papers by S. A. Emery, John P. Morgan, and others—resolutions and officers (Reprinted from NYTr, no date cited)