The Great Republic Allegory and Tableaux

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Prof. J. M. Hager

Price: $1; $1.50 reserved seat

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Dec 1871, Evening
22 Dec 1871, Evening
23 Dec 1871, Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George Frederick Bristow;  F. A. [pianist] Hager
2)
"Viva l'America"
aka Vive l'America, home of the free;
Composer(s): Millard
Text Author: Millard
3)
"America (My country, 'tis of thee)"
aka My country 'tis of thee; My country tis of thee
Text Author: Smith

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 December 1871, 7.

Benefit of the Home for the Friendless and the Howard Mission

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 December 1871, 4.

To consist of declamations, music, songs and tableaux.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 December 1871, 2.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 21 December 1871, 10.

“The Academy of Music was crowded last evening with an enthusiastic audience. Professor J. M. Hager gave one of his unique entertainments for the benefit of the Howard Mission and the Home for the Friendless. Some six hundred children, mostly young misses, appeared on this occasion. They presented a series of tableaux called ‘The Great Republic.’ It consisted of a number of young ladies representing the different States of the Union, and also introducing the different nationalities that go to make up this cosmopolitan nation. All the characters were well portrayed and the participants showed a most thorough training. The singing of ‘Viva l’America’ and ‘My country, ‘tis of thee’ by the full chorus was particularly fine and very effective.”