Reception of Grammar School No. 11 Female Department

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grammar School No.11 (W. 17th St.)

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 January 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jul 1863, 10:00 AM

Program Details

Program lasted from 10 am to after 2 pm. Included other performers.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Mary Slater; Margaret McEntee; Annie Witherall

2)

"Castles in the air"

3)

Wreck of the Hesperus, The

Composer(s): Hatton

Text Author: Longfellow

4)

Citations

1)

Review: New York Herald, 13 July 1863, 2.

“[P]assed off in a most satisfactory manner. The exercises, as usual, consisted of music, recitations. . . . [A] highly fashionable assemblage . . . several pieces of vocal and instrumental music.”