Washington's Birthday, Bells Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Trinity Church

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 January 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Feb 1872, 1:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: James E. Ayliffe

2)

"Red, white, and blue, The"

aka red white and blue

Composer(s): Unknown composer

3)

"Yankee Doodle"

Composer(s): Traditional

4)

"Land of promise, The"

Composer(s): Rimbault

Text Author: Staite

5)

Guy Mannering, [incidental music]. Selections

Composer(s): Bishop

6)

Composer(s): Unknown composer

7)

aka Spanish melody

8)

"Evening bells"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

9)

"My love she's but a lassie yet "

aka My love is but a lassie

10)

Puritani, I, march

Composer(s): Bellini

11)

"Let the merry church bells ring"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

12)

Fille du régiment, La, selections

aka Airs from The Child of the Regiment; Potpourri; Daughter of the Regiment, The ; Figlia del reggimento, La; Child of the Regiment, The; Regimentstochter, Die

Composer(s): Donizetti

13)

"What fairy-like music"

Composer(s): Pinna

Text Author: Baron-Wilson

14)

"Columbia, gem of the ocean"

aka Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean; Columbia, the land of the brave

Composer(s): Shaw

Text Author: Shaw

Citations

1)

Announcement: New-York Times, 22 February 1872, 1.

2)

Review: New York Herald, 23 February 1872, 5.

Notes the prettiest and most popular of the chimes.