New York Musical Association: 2nd Annual Festival and Picnic, Benefit for Widows and Orphans’ Fund
Event Information
Venue(s):
Belvedere Lion Park
Conductor(s):
Professor F. Groux [comp-cond.]
Event Type:
Band
Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 June 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Aug 1865, 6:00 PMProgram Details
Benefit for the Widows and Orphans’ Fund of the Society.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“The second grand festival and picnic of the New York Union Musical Association came off yesterday at Lion Park, on Eighth Avenue, between 108th and 110th streets. This association is composed of Hollanders belonging to the Jewish faith and was organized for benevolent and social purposes. Among its members are several of distinguished musical talent, and periodical festivals of are given for the benefit of the widows and orphans of members and of the poor, and indigent that may come within its scope. . . . The exercises consisted of vocal and instrumental music of the first order, excellently distributed through a brilliant series of polkas, scottishes, waltzes, versoviennes, et has genus omne. The Marsellaise of the Dutch republic (vocal) and the Star Spangled Banner, by Dodworth’s Band, opened this part of the programme with great éclat. The society chorus consists of forty vocalists and is under the tuition of Professor Groux.”