Musical and Literary Entertainment in Aid of the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission Fair

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 June 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Mar 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Program was performed by pupils of Colored School No.2, Eighth Ward.

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 16 March 1864, 4.
“[M]usic, recitations and tableaux.”
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 March 1864, 7.
“The exercises will consist of vocal and instrumental music, declamations, &c., including three of four interesting tableaux of Biblical characters.”