109th Annual Commencement of Columbia College

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 September 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jun 1863, Morning

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Helmsmüller's Band

2)

Huguenots, Les, chorus

Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Text Author: Scribe, Deschamps

3)

"Bride of the wind galop"

aka Bride of the winds

Composer(s): Helmsmüller

4)

"Pirate's chorus"

aka Priates' chorus; Pirates chorus

Composer(s): Grafulla

5)

aka Kiss; Kuss, Der

Composer(s): Arditi

6)

aka duetto

Composer(s): Verdi

7)

Belisario, duet

Composer(s): Donizetti

8)

Ersten Curen, Die, op. 261

aka First flirtation; Kuren

Composer(s): Strauss

9)

Lucrezia Borgia, trio

Composer(s): Donizetti

10)

Composer(s): Mašek

11)

aka Ione galop

Composer(s): Helmsmüller

12)

Vêpres siciliennes, Les, selection

aka Vepres; I Vespri siciliani; Sicilian vespers, The

Composer(s): Verdi

Citations

1)

Review: New York Herald, 28 June 1863, 2.

“The audience, for the most part, consisted of ladies of every style of beauty, elegance and fashion. . . . Helmsmuller’s band—consisting of an admirable selection of stringed and wind instruments—added greatly to the charms of the morning by supplying exquisite music from such composers as Ardatti [sic], Verdi, Meyerbeer, Strauss, Donizetti, and others equally celebrated.”