Wallack's Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Event Type:
Choral, Play With Music, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 January 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM

Program Details



According to R: NYH 09/08/62, p.5, Corcoran visited on Saturday. Was this in addition to or instead of the advertised Thursday visit?

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Chorus, unidentified;  Koppitz's Grand Orchestra;  William Jermyn Florence (role: actor);  Mrs. William Jermyn Florence (role: actress)
2)
"Star-spangled banner, The"
aka Star spangled banned
Composer(s): Smith
Text Author: Key
Participants:  Koppitz's Grand Orchestra
3)
Overture, unidentified: Irish and national airs
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Koppitz's Grand Orchestra
4)
Irish lion, The
Text Author: Buckstone
5)
New national anthem, unidentified
aka New national hymn
Participants:  Chorus, unidentified;  Mrs. William Jermyn Florence (8)
6)
Mischievous Annie
Text Author: Florence
7)
Returned volunteer, The
8)
"Day on the field with the Irish brigade, A"
aka Irish brigade battle piece
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Koppitz's Grand Orchestra

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 September 1862, 7.
Visit to Wallack’s by Brigadier General Michael Corcoran. “A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM will be sung by MRS. W.J. FLORENCE, assisted by a carefully selected and POWERFUL CHORUS.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 September 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 September 1862, 7.
Visit to Wallack’s by Brigadier General Michael Corcoran. “A new NATIONAL HYMN, composed expressly for the occasion, will be sung by Mrs. W.J. Florence, aided by a powerful chorus.”
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 04 September 1862, 4.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 September 1862, 7.
Program. “The General is expected to arrive about eight o’clock. He will be conducted to his box . . . and KOPPITTZ’S GRAND ORCHESTRA will perform THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER.”