The Portland daily press., 1885-07-17
OLD PROGRAMMES.
Some Fine Concerts Given of Old
i'm Portland.

1t was our good fortune recently to ex-
anime scrap book of old programmes relat-
ing to concerts given in Portland in former
years by artists of celebrity, the scrap book
being the property of our well known fellow
citizen and musician, Mr. Samuel johnson.
Nov 18th, 1S47, Camille Sivori, Henri
Herr, and George Knoop the celebrated
yioloncellist, gave grand concert at City
Hall. Knoop died two years after. The
programme embraced selections from Lucia,
Preciosa, Fra Diavolo, William Tell, the
ever young Carnival of Venice, and other
well known operas. February 18th, 1913, we
find that the Casco Quartette Club gave
concert at City Hail. Bath. The club and
their friends who gave the concert embraced
the late DIR. c. w. Thomas and his brother
George A, (the latter still caroling to younger
ears the late III. b. Churchill, Geo. w. Howe,
Samuel Thurston, Henry S. Edwards-who
was the pianist-the late Amos L. Osgood,
Washington Elliot, John L. Shaw, Samuel
johnson, and the late Thomas Wright
April 4th, 1850, Messrs. Herman Kotz-
SEMINAR and Jungnickell gave their second
concert at City Hall. Jungnickell was a
celebrated cello player who formed one of
Kotzschmar's orchestra at the theatre; one
of the old Saxonians. The Brass Band
assisted them. Kotzschmar played Won
Webers Invitation to the Danse," and
burlesque ON national airs. In those days
concert programmes were divided into three
parts, and tickets admitting gentleman and
two ladies were fifty cents. On the 18th of
July, 1913, Mr.. Barnekay, pianist, Hegelund,
violoncellist and bassoonist, E. Lehman,
fiutist, and Victor Lablache, vocalist, gave
swell concert at City Hall, tickets COM
manding fifty cents
The Saxonia orchestra, the orchestra of
the Italian opera at Boston, gave a grand
concert in 1849 under the leadership of Will
liam Framed. May 18th, 1850, Crouch, the
author of Kathleen Mavourneen," gave
concert at City Hall, and sang that beautiful
song with others of his composition and
delivered lecture on the cultivation of the
human voice. Dec. 18th Richard Hoffman,
the great pianist, appeared at Joseph Burke's
concert. At Libby's Hall, in 1851, the Ger
mania Musical Society and the Sacred Music
Society appeared conformity in a series of
concerts. We find at one of them Carl Ter
RAIN playing solo on the flute. Sept. 29th
1851, Teresa Parodi, Nine. Amalia Patti
Maurice Strakosch, and Miska Hauser, the
great yiolinist gave concert and charged a
dollar. June 18th, 1852, Ole Bull, Alfred
Jaell, the pianist, and the Germanians gave
concert, and March 18th, 1852, the Men
delssohn Quintette Club, then composed of
August and Wulf Fries, Thomas Ryan,
Francis Riha, the violinist, and Edward Leh-
man, fiutist, appeared. Camilla Urso,
only II years old, appeared in a fan
tasia by Leonard, Dec. Both, assisted by
Jaell and the Germanians and gave great
promise of her future celebrity. February
17th 1858, Serafino Rebecchini and his two
sons gave concert at Lancaster Hall, and
ON April 3d. Miss Julia Wheelock gave her
farewell concert, assisted by Miss Paine,
Kotzschmar, Jungnickell, Rebecehini, Mr..
Arthurson and the Portland Orchestral So
ciety. That charming prima donna con-
tralto, Mme Henrietta Sonntag appeared
Dec. 18th, 1858, assisted by Paul Julien,
Signor Rocco and Jaell. Paul Julien gave
his farewell concert at Deering Hall, Oct.
10Th, 1854 assisted by Mile R. A. Durand,
and Augustus Goekel, pianist. Ole Bull ap-
| peared again, this time at Deering Hall, Nov.
9th, 1855. Kotzschmar gave concert at
Deering Hall, May 9th, 1858, assisted by
John K. Paine-now the Harvard professor
Carl Krebs, the old clarionet player, Mrs.
HARDWOOD of Boston, and the Orchestral
Union. February 18th, 1885, Harriet Cam
mett-now Mrs. Wsatherbee-andI Kotz-
SEMINAR assisted at the third concert given by
the Portland Band at Deering Hall. Febru-
AIRY 1st, 1859, Nine. Elise Biscaccianti gave
her first concert, at Deering Hall. Mr.. w.
| III. Bennett the well known teacher, had
returned from his studies in Italy, and made
his first appearance, singing romGnzG of
Mercadanti's from II Bravo, 'The Wan
| derer" and "TnfEce''