Albert O. Mackey Welcome and Testimonial

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Band, Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 July 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 May 1865, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Masonic Welcome and Testimonial to Brother Albert O. Mackey of Charleston, S.C.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Seventh Regiment Band;  John Rogers Thomas;  Gustavus Geary;  Charles Jerome Hopkins;  Mme. M. [vocal] Bouligny;  Eugene [pianist] Trastour;  Mrs. Northrup [vocal];  J. B. McGrath;  Maria [soprano] Salvotti;  Felice J. Eben;  George Frederick Bristow

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 May 1865, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 19 May 1865, 4.

     “[A] number of distinguished vocalists, male and female, will contribute to the evening’s entertainment.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 May 1865, 7.

       “The entertainment for the evening will comprise addresses, vocal and instrumental music.”

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 May 1865, 7.
5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1865, 7.

     Includes a description of the ceremony and remarks made during the occasion.  “Following these presentations came more musical and other exercises, including the reading of poems written by B. B. French, of Washington, and A. J. H. Duganne of this city, the singing of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ by Mme. Salvotti, also several vocal pieces by Mrs. Northrup and by Mr. J. R. Thomas, piano performances by Messrs. C. Jerome Hopkins and Eugene Trastour, and the exercises closed with the singing of a Masonic parting song, and the benediction by Grand Chaplain S. H. Weston, D. D.”