Celebration of the Laying of the German Hospital Cornerstone

Event Information

Venue(s):
Jones's Wood

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Price: $.50, gentlemen; .25 ladies

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 November 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Aug 1866, Afternoon

Program Details

Picnic and concert celebrating the laying of the cornerstone for the German Hospital (which took place at noon at Seventy-sixth St. and Lexington Ave.).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  United German Vocal Societies
2)
Rienzi, overture
Composer(s): Wagner
3)
"German sword, The"
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  United German Vocal Societies
4)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
5)
"Saxons and Normans"
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  United German Vocal Societies
6)
Fackeltanz, military band, unidentified
aka Marche aux flambeaux; Torch song; Torch dance; Fackeltanze
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 August 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 August 1866.

     Concert to be followed “popular games…, singing by the different societies, ball and promenade music by three orchestras.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 August 1866.

Includes program.

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 August 1866, 5.