Concert to General Banks

Event Information

Venue(s):
Astor House

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 May 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Nov 1862, 10:00 PM

Program Details

NYH says the band played “Home, Sweet Home,” and the party dispersed; NYT says the band played “Hail Columbia” and the party dispersed.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  North Carolina Guard Ship Band
2)
"Hail to the chief"
Composer(s): Sanderson
3)
"Home, sweet home"
aka Home sweet home
Composer(s): Bishop
Text Author: Payne
4)
"Hail Columbia"
aka The President’s March
Composer(s): Phile
Text Author: Hopkinson
5)
"Bold soldier boy"
aka Bould soger boy; Bowl'd sojer boy
Composer(s): Lover
Text Author: Lover

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 07 November 1862, 1.

       “Last evening a large, but private and select, company assembled at the Astor House to enjoy the pleasure of a complimentary concert by the commander and officers of the North Carolina guard ship to General Banks. …  

       The band on his appearance struck up ‘Hail to the Chief’ . . .

       … At the upper end was the band in full numbers and in full uniform, led by their accomplished companion and friend Mr. Malo. . . . 

       After the ‘Hail to the Chief,’ the band treated the company to some very beautiful pieces of music excellently performed.  For an hour or more the attention and interest of the company was almost entirely riveted by the music--

             'Dear music that can touch                  

             Beyond all else the soul that loves it much.’                                      

     The band played ‘Home Sweet Home,’ and . . . the party began to disperse.”

2)
Review: New-York Times, 08 November 1862, 8.
“[A] fine band. . . . . . . ‘Hail to the Chief,’ performed finely by the band. . . . . . . [T]he band played ‘Hail Columbia,’ and the party dispersed.”