Concert at the Annual Fair of the American Institute: 35th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Emanuel (Ernst) Grill

Price: $.25

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 July 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Sep 1863, Evening

Program Details

No performers are listed, except for “eminent pianists.” The Italian Opera Band, who were playing every evening under Grill, were probably involved. The “eminent pianists” were probably Sanderson, Chas, Fradel and G.W. Morgan, who were playing at the piano-forte matinees each afternoon.

Intermission, “during which several pianists will perform on the grand pianos.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Midsummer night's dream, A; wedding march
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
2)
Composer(s): Flotow
3)
aka souvenirs
Composer(s): Wagner
4)
aka Vepres; I Vespri siciliani; Sicilian vespers, The; potpourri; Pot pourri
Composer(s): Verdi
6)
Composer(s): Cook
7)
Composer(s): Verdi
8)
aka Railroad galop; Rail road galop
Composer(s): Gung'l
9)
aka National melodies; National medley; national songs; National airs
10)
aka Polka de diable; Teufels Polka; Devil's polka
Composer(s): Grill

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 September 1863.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 17 September 1863.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 September 1863.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 September 1863, 7.

5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 17 September 1863, 6.