Concert for the Benefit of the Church of the Epiphany

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 July 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



The concert was originally scheduled for May 26, 1864, but was postponed due to inclement weather. The following performers were listed for the original date but are not listed for the re-scheduled event: Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cook; Mrs. H. J. Atwood; Mr. J. A. Johnson; Mr. W. E. Macdonough.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 May 1864, 7.
Two ads.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 26 May 1864.
“That this concert . . . is for the benefit of the Mission Church of the Epiphany, is sufficient, we think, to commend it to the favor of all.  It should secure a full house.”
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 May 1864, 7.
Various ads on the same page, some more detailed.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 May 1864.
The concert will be postponed because of weather and take place on June 16, 1864, the program to remain the same.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 June 1864, 7.
“This Concert, which was recently postponed on account of the weather, will be given, under the auspices of the NEW-YORK HARMONIC SOCIETY, on THURSDAY EVENING, the 16th inst., at COOPER INSTITUTE.”
6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 June 1864, 7.