Grand Sacred Concert by the Associated Choirs of the Methodist and Episcopal Churches to Benefit the New York City Sunday School Society

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Price: $.50; .25 children under 14

Event Type:
Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 July 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Nearly three hundred vocal and instrumental performers, gave a number of choruses from the leading oratorios, interspersed with solos and duets.

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 June 1864, 7.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 June 1864, 7.
“It is intended to make this Concert one of the best of the kind ever given in this City, and will consist of a number of new as well as standard sacred choruses, interspersed with solos, quartettes, and semi-choruses.  Some two hundred vocal and fifty instrumental performers will take part in it.”
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 13 June 1864, 4.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 June 1864.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 June 1864.

6)
Review: Dwight's Journal of Music, 09 July 1864, 272.
“The month of June in the metropolis has been almost totally devoid of musical demonstrations.  Only two concerts of any importance have been given—one at the Academy of Music on the evening of the 14th. . . . At the former, the united choirs of the Methodist Episcopal [sic] churches, comprising nearly three hundred vocal and instrumental performers, gave a number of choruses from the leading oratorios, interspersed with solos and duets, all for the benefit of a Sunday-school Union.”