New York Harmonic Society: William Wild Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Frédéric Louis Ritter

Price: $1

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jan 1867, Evening

Program Details

To benefit William Wild, Harmonic Society librarian of fourteen years.

Unclear what role the New York Harmonic Society played in the performance.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  New York Harmonic Society;  Clara V. Hutchings [alto];  Ella Meyer;  Frank Bartlett;  Mathilde Toedt;  Emma C. Thursby;  George Simpson;  John Rogers Thomas;  George Washbourne Morgan;  E. J. Connolly [org-pf];  Maria Scoville Brainerd;  Alfred Humphries Pease

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 January 1867, 7.

“NEW-YORK HARMONIC SOCIETY’S GRAND TESTIMONIAL CONCERT TO MR. WILLIAM WILD, their faithful Librarian for fourteen years, at Steinway Hall…for which occasion the best talent of New-York have volunteered their services. Chorus rehearsals Monday evenings at Dr. Cheever’s Church.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 January 1867, 7.

Lists performers.