Serenade to General Grant

Event Information

Venue(s):
Astor House

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Jun 1865, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Seventh Regiment Band
2)
"Hail Columbia"
aka The President’s March
Composer(s): Phile
Text Author: Hopkinson
3)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
Galop, unidentified
5)
Robert le diable, selections
aka Potpourri on Robert le diable
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
6)
Forza del destino, La, "Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan"
aka Rataplan de la gloria
Composer(s): Verdi

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 June 1865, 8.

      “Not less than 20,000 persons were in the immediate vicinity of the Astor House. . . .

     The Music

     Grafulla’s full band, forty pieces, struck up ‘Hail Columbia’ . . .

      When the band with thrilling effect had rendered the ‘Overture to William Tell,’ Gen. Grant and his brilliant staff stepped on the balcony and were greeted with ten thousand wild huzzas.”

2)
Review: New-York Times, 08 June 1865, 1.

     “In due time the band of the Seventh Regiment . . . arrived [and] the serenade began.  It was opened with ‘Hail Columbia,’ and was followed by the overture to ‘William Tell,’ a graceful and spirited gallop, selections from ‘Robert le Diable,’ an energetic composition entitled ‘Rataplan de Gloria,’ and one or two other pieces, all given with really excellent accuracy, taste and expression.  The music was interspersed with short speeches.”