Grosses Allgemeines Deutsches Schul-und-Jungendfest

Event Information

Venue(s):
Jones's Wood

Conductor(s):
Mr. [conductor] Hafner

Price: $.25 for one man; .15 for one woman

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Sep 1865, 8:00 AM

Program Details

This event was separated into three parts; the first was a procession, the second a concert, and the third included choral singing, children’s games, and a feast. “Nine German-American schools” and multiple unidentified “clubs” participated.

Presenter: Das Fest-Committee

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Star spangled banned
Composer(s): Smith
Text Author: Key
3)
Composer(s): Abt
4)
aka red white and blue
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 06 September 1865.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 11 September 1865.

Provides itinerary of procession. Program.

3)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 11 September 1865.
4)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 September 1865, 8.

Well attended. No musical review.