Schwarze Jäger Invitation Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Harmonie-Garten

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 April 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Mar 1864, Evening

Program Details

“A capable orchestra.”

Unclear if the Gesangverein Schwarze Jäger performed.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 March 1864, 8.
2)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 March 1864, 8.

“On Thursday evening, the Black Hunters [die schwarzen Jäger], 54th Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers, who recently returned from the field, gave one of the most pleasant and best-attended balls of the season. In spite of the rainy weather, members of other regiments, both volunteer and militia, were there aplenty. Even a number of officers were present, though many of the 54th Regiment’s officers remained on the battlefield or were taken as prisoners of war. Even so, the beloved officer, Capt. Wertheim, was present at the ball, which continued with undisturbed gaiety until the next morning.”