Arion Society Fancy dress ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Patrick S. Gilmore

Price: $10 one gentleman and two ladies

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Feb 1873, 11:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka God save the King
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
aka Chant de guerre pour l’armée du Rhin; Marseillais' Hymn
Composer(s): Rouget de Lisle
Text Author: Rouget de Lisle
4)
aka Macht am Rhein; Guard on the Rhine; Watch on the Rhine; Watch upon the Rhine
Composer(s): Wilhelm
5)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
Composer(s): Traditional
7)
aka The President’s March
Composer(s): Phile
Text Author: Hopkinson
8)
Composer(s): Strauss

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 February 1873, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 February 1873, 5.

“The representative bands of different countries will perform their national airs. The celebrated orchestra of Strauss will favor the audience with the ‘bran new Manhattan Waltz;’ the renowned quartet of French horns to the Emperor of Germany follow with their sweetest melodies, and then Gilmore is to appear, ‘combine the antagonistic bands, and roll out in waves of harmony a grand Jubilee Hymn.’ This ends the reception, and the Prince Carnival opens the ball.”

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 February 1873, 4.

No mention of music. 

4)
Review: New-York Times, 14 February 1873, 7.

“From midnight until 4 in the morning, there was no break in the music, or in the dance.” 

5)
Review: New York Sun, 14 February 1873, 1.

“The ball was a nice, pleasant affair indeed.” 

6)
Review: New York Herald, 14 February 1873, 7.

“The Boston Jubilee was then parodied.”