George Craw Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Dodworth's Hall

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 December 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jan 1866, Evening

Program Details

Benefit for George Craw, graduate of the Institute for the Blind.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Blind Quartette Club;  William V. Noe
2)
"Daylight is on the sea"
aka Daylight is on the deep
Composer(s): Lee
Text Author: Baron-Wilson
Participants:  Blind Quartette Club
3)
"Du bist mir nah und doch so fern"
aka Thou art so near and yet so far ; Beloved star; Thou art so near
Composer(s): Reichardt [composer]
Text Author: Oxenford
4)
"Beautiful isle of the sea," [song]
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
5)
"My pretty bird"
aka Ah! My pretty birds
Composer(s): Rees
6)
"Kathleen Mavourneen," [ballad]
aka Elly Mavourneen
Composer(s): Crouch [composer-cello]
Text Author: Crouch [composer-cello]
7)
"Rocked in the cradle of the deep"
Composer(s): Knight
Text Author: Willard
8)
"Kiss me goodnight, Mother"
Composer(s): Thomas
9)
Faust, "Soldiers' chorus"
aka Soldatenchor; Soldier's march
Composer(s): Gounod
10)
"Lilies"
aka Liiles
Composer(s): Unknown composer
11)
"Tis but a little faded flower"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Enoch
12)
"Gipsy countess"
aka Gipsey countess; Gypsy countess
Composer(s): Glover
Text Author: Crawford
13)
Lucrezia Borgia, "Segreto per esser felici"
aka Brindisi; It is better to laugh than be sighing; Drinking song
Composer(s): Donizetti
14)
"Larboard watch"
Composer(s): Williams
Text Author: Williams
15)
"I'll be no submissive wife"
Composer(s): Lee
16)
"Simon the cellarer"
Composer(s): Hatton
Text Author: Bellamy
17)
"Star-spangled banner, The"
aka Star spangled banned
Composer(s): Smith
Text Author: Key

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 January 1866, 3.