Garde Republicaine Francaise Farewell Concert

Includes program.

“The last concert of the band of the French Garde Républicane in this country occurred at the armory of the Twenty-second Regiment, in Fourteenth-street, last evening. The place was quite filled, and the applause was incessant. From an artistic stand-point, the entertainment would have been more interesting had the programme prepared for interpretation been adhered to. Unhappily, the music set aside for the band had gone astray, and a different series of selections was on that account recited. Fantasies on [see above] constituted, with a few additions, the new bill. The performance, it is scarcely necessary to say, was admirable. A finer delivery by an instrumental force of the famed quartet from ‘Rigoletto’ was never enjoyed, and the cornet solo was done twice in deference to the most unanimous demonstration of enthusiasm of the night. During the intermission between the two parts of the programme a gold lyre was presented to each of the members of the band. These were the product of a subscription opened some time ago. Well chosen words, spoken by M. Mercier, prefaced the gift of the souvenirs. As already mentioned, the band departs for France today.”