Dramatic and Musical Entertainment for the Benefit of the Soldiers’ Relief Fund

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Concert Saloon

Manager / Director:
Charles A J Farrar

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 April 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details

The program included other non-musical performers.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  J. F. [pianist] Dunn;  J. Edwards [pianist] Haner
2)
Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe Hall
aka Fitzsmythe
Text Author: Morton

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 December 1863.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 December 1863, 7.
“[F]or the benefit of the Soldiers’ Relief Fund.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 December 1863, 7.
The “piano used is from the celebrated manufactory of Steinway & Sons.”
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 December 1863, 283.