Private Musical Evening

Event Information

Venue(s):
Residence of George Templeton Strong

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Dec 1871, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Clara Louise Kellogg;  Pablo de Sarasate;  Dionys Prückner
2)
Faust, selections
aka Grand Potpourri
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants:  Pablo de Sarasate
3)
Muette de Portici, La, selections
aka potpourri; Masaniello; Stummin; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
Participants:  Pablo de Sarasate

Citations

1)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 17 December 1871.

“Some forty people came in after tea, a few invited, but mostly fortuitous. There were [names of guests] & so forth. Herr Dionys Pruckner did some brilliant pianizing, & Sarasate (violin) played two showy compilations from Faust (Gounod’s Faust) & from Masaniello, Herr Dionys Pruckner accompanying. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg also here, with her mamma, & that very jolly buxom young lady sang one or two things very amiably & brilliantly. She looks better off stage than on it. Sarasate is very strong & magnetic.”