National Peace Jubilee
The National Peace Jubilee was a celebration, organized by Patrick Gilmore in Boston on June 15, 1869. It featured an orchestra and a chorus, as well as numerous soloists. More than 11,000 performers participated, including the famous violinist Ole Bull as the orchestra's concertmaster,[1] and Carl Zerrahn as director of the choral forces.[2] The Jubilee became the "high-water mark in the influence of the band in American life".[3] Along with the World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival in 1872, it made Gilmore a famous composer and bandmaster. For the Jubilee, a newly commissioned "Hymn of Peace" was written by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, set to the music from "American Hymn" by Matthais Keller.[4]
Participants included:
- 100 choral groups with a total of 10,926 singers[1]
- 525 musicians with the orchestra[1]
- 486 musicians with the wind band[1]
See also
References
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Notes
Further reading
- William Dean Howells. Jubilee Days. Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1869.
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- Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival: Held in the City of Boston 1869. Illustrated with Steel Engravings. Published 1871 by the Author and for Sale by Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, New York
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- A History of the Wind Band
- National Peace Jubilee Music
- Announcement and Programme of the Festival
- Programme of the Second day June 16, 1869 and Third day June 17, 1869
- List of Officers and Committees of the National Peace Jubilee Association
- List of distinguished persons invited to the Jubilee – page 344-46
- Official Programme for the five Days of the Festival page 432 ff
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