Music memorializing the assassination of President Lincoln
Apr 21, 2015 11:43:10 GMT -5
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Post by radylady on Apr 21, 2015 11:43:10 GMT -5
Concert - Farewell, Father, Friend and Guardian: A Musical Elegy Commemorating President Lincoln’s Death
In commemoration of President Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago, the Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society presents music composed in 1865 offering solace to a newly reunited nation immersed in sudden shock and grief. The program title comes from a popular song by celebrated American composer George F. Root, most famous for his Civil War songs. An illustrated lecture about the history of Lincoln’s assassination, its aftermath, and the funeral train that transported the president from Washington, D.C. to his final resting place in Springfield, Illinois intertwines iconography and period photos to make this a unique and not-to-be-missed multimedia presentation.
Singers Anthony Bellov, Amy Gluck, Jane Elizabeth Rady (that would be someone you all know and love - well, most of you), and Dayle Vander Sande, with pianist Jai Jeffryes will perform this magnificent, rarely performed music.
$30 general admission; $20 Museum members
April the twentysixth in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen at 6 o'clock in the evening
Merchant's House Museum
29 East Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003
212 777 1089 | nyc1832@merchantshouse.org
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In commemoration of President Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago, the Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society presents music composed in 1865 offering solace to a newly reunited nation immersed in sudden shock and grief. The program title comes from a popular song by celebrated American composer George F. Root, most famous for his Civil War songs. An illustrated lecture about the history of Lincoln’s assassination, its aftermath, and the funeral train that transported the president from Washington, D.C. to his final resting place in Springfield, Illinois intertwines iconography and period photos to make this a unique and not-to-be-missed multimedia presentation.
Singers Anthony Bellov, Amy Gluck, Jane Elizabeth Rady (that would be someone you all know and love - well, most of you), and Dayle Vander Sande, with pianist Jai Jeffryes will perform this magnificent, rarely performed music.
$30 general admission; $20 Museum members
April the twentysixth in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen at 6 o'clock in the evening
Merchant's House Museum
29 East Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003
212 777 1089 | nyc1832@merchantshouse.org
Facebook Invitation
Link to tickets