Closing of the Metropolitan Fair for the Benefit of the U.S. Sanitary Commission

Event Information

Venue(s):

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Apr 1864, Evening

Program Details

Venue unspecified. “the band which has daily been in attendance since the opening of the exhibition;”

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Old lang syne
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns
Participants:  Band, unidentified
3)
aka Home sweet home
Composer(s): Bishop
Text Author: Payne
Participants:  Band, unidentified

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Times, 24 April 1864, 8.
“The usual crowd were present last evening, and seemed to enjoy the music, the promenade, the Park and the ghost, without troubling themselves about the empty tables and deserted booths.”
2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 April 1864, 5.
“With the performance of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ by the fine band which has been daily in attendance since the opening of the exhibition, and the ‘tattoo’ by the drum corps of the 22nd Regiment, N.Y.S.N.G., the immense throng of visitors, after many lingering looks, retired on Saturday evening at 10 o’clock, and the doors of the Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair were soon after closed by order of the Executive Committee.”