Concert to Benefit the Institution for the Children of Deceased or Disabled Soldiers: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
John P. Bonnell

Conductor(s):
Thomas D. Sullivan

Price: $.50 parquet and dress circle; .25 family circle

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 June 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Thomas D. Sullivan, musical dir.

The Mozart work opened the program, as noted in VBL3, p.537.

Institution for the Children of Deceased or Disabled Soldiers / Institution for the Maintenance and Education of the Children of Disabled Soldiers, 334 Sixth Avenue.

The Mozart work opened the program, as noted in VBL3, p.537.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Dodworth Orchestra;  Children of the Public Schools of the Thirteenth Ward;  William Castle
2)
Nozze di Figaro, Le, overture
Composer(s): Mozart

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 10 November 1862, 8.
“The first of a series of concerts in aid of the Institution for the Maintenance and Education of the Children of Disabled Soldiers.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 November 1862, 7.
“His Honor the Mayor Will Preside.”
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 November 1862, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 November 1862.
“[A] grand concert in aid of the ‘Institution’ for the children of sick, disabled, or deceased soldiers, wherever or whatever that is.”