Grand Monster Concert and Fête Champêtre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Jones's Wood

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
Joseph Noll
Carl Bergmann
Max Maretzek
F. Hartmann [conductor]
Thomas Baker

Price: $.50; free children under 12

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 November 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Aug 1864, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Program included an unidentified mammoth band; unidentified military band; and 600 performers.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Conductor: Bergmann, Carl
Composer(s): Wagner
3)
aka potpourri
Conductor: Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra], Theodore
Composer(s): Verdi
4)
aka Soldatenchor; Soldier's march
Conductor: Hartmann [conductor], F.
Composer(s): Gounod
5)
aka Jeunesse de Henri IV; La jeunesse de Henri IV; Chasse du Jeune Henri; La chasse du Jeune Henri; Chasse, La
Conductor: Baker, Thomas
Composer(s): Méhul
6)
Conductor: Noll, Joseph
Composer(s): Donizetti
7)
aka Prophete. Coronation march; Grand processional march; Krönungsmarsch; Crowning march
Conductor: Maretzek, Max
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 August 1864.

Dancing resumes after the concert.  “Greatest number of instrumental and vocal performers ever assembled in concert in America.”