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Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Concert Saloon

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jan 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Mr. W. Wechsung, “natural flutist” (meaning, whistler, per NYH review) (US
debut)


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Paul Juignet;  Sophie Larmet;  Albert Larmet;  Louise Karsch;  W. [composer-flute] Wechsung
2)
Mari brulé, Un
aka Mari brule
Text Author: Nus, Sauvage
3)
Femmes qui pleurent, Les
Text Author: Thiboust, Siraudin
4)
Magnetisme et sonnambulisme
Text Author: Thiboust

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 January 1865.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 23 January 1865, 5.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 January 1865.

4)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 24 January 1865.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 25 January 1865, 4.
Wechsung “whistles with all the richness of tone and fluency that the ablest players give to the flute.”