Grammar School No. 47 Commencement Day

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grammar School No. 47

Event Type:
Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jun 1865, Afternoon

Program Details

Music was interspersed between orations.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  George Frederick Bristow;  Miss [vocal and instrument] Qua;  Miss [vocal] Hoyt;  Sarah [vocal] Hoxie
2)
Chant, unidentified
3)
Chorus, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
4)
"Thou, my heart, art not forsaken"
5)
"Holy dead, The"
Participants:  Sarah [vocal] Hoxie;  Miss [vocal and instrument] Qua;  Miss [vocal] Hoyt
6)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  George Frederick Bristow;  Miss [vocal and instrument] Qua
7)
"Flieset schnell, Tränen mein"
aka O ye tears
Composer(s): Abt
Participants:  Miss [vocal and instrument] Qua
8)
"Beware! (Perring)"
Composer(s): Perring
Text Author: Longfellow
Participants:  Miss [vocal] Hoyt
9)
Theodora, "Angels, ever fair and bright"
aka Angels ever bright and fair
Composer(s): Handel
Text Author: Morell [librettist]
Participants:  Chorus, unidentified
10)
"Graduates' song"

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Times, 30 June 1865, 8.

     Program.  “The exercises . . . were held yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large and deeply interested audience of ladies and gentlemen.”