Vocal and Instrumental Entertainment

Event Information

Venue(s):

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1866, Afternoon

Program Details

Event was held in “E’s drawing rooms.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  James M. Wehli;  Fanny Reed Tate [vocal]

Citations

1)
: Kellogg, Gertrude. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of Gertrude Kellogg, transcribed by Katherine K. Preston, amplified by Christopher Bruhn., 11 January 1866.

     “Found E’s drawing rooms thronged with nice women. . . .  Wehli the pianist had sent up his own special Chickering and gave us specimens of prestidigitation on the piano, wonderful to hear, exceedingly ‘effective’ and not wholly without musical worth.  Mrs. Fanny Reed sang certain worthless bits of vocalization with her usual spirit and brilliancy, which was more than they deserved.  It seems to have been a ‘successful entertainment.’”