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Creator Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869.
Contributor Behrens, S., musical director.
Habelmann, Theodor, 1834-1920.
Patti, Carlo.
Varian, Charlotte.
Strakosch, Max, 1835-1892.
Liberty Hall (Alexandria, Va.)
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Liberty Hall for one night only positively, Wednesday, March 23d, 1864 Gottschalk's farewell concerts in America. : Mr. M. Strakosch respectfully informs the public that he has succeeded in making arrangements for the celebrated pianist and composer, Mr. L.M. Gottschalk, to give in Alexandria one grand concert, when he will perform several of his most admired compositions. In order to make these entertainments the most brilliant and varied ever given in this city, the following distinguished artists have been engaged, and will appear jointly with L.M. Gottschalk: M'me Charlotte Varian, ... Theodore Habelmann, ... Sig. Carlo Patti, ... Musical director and conductor, Mr. S. Behrens ... Admission, $1.00. Reserved seats, 50 cts. extra ... Doors open at quarter-past 7 o'clock. To commence at 8 o'clock. ...
Title Gottschalk's farewell concerts in America
Publisher [Washington, D.C. : s.n]
Publisher D.C. Washington. 1864
Date [1864]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : port. ; 49 x 21 cm.
Notes "March 23. Been by carriage to Alexandria. Roads cut up. Desolation everywhere. ... Concert at Alexandria; quieter than the last; many sentinels have mounted guard in the passages, and have even sat down with the audience, to suppress the noise should there be any. We set out again immediately after the concert."--L.M. Gottschalk, Notes of a pianist (Philadelphia, 1881), p. 245.
Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 42.3 x 16.2 cm.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869 -- Performances.
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869 -- Portraits.
Concerts -- Virginia -- Alexandria.
Entertainment eventsVirginia -- Alexandria.
Geographic subject Alexandria (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Playbills.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | PB 1864 Gotts (26)5761.F.1b (McAllister)
Accession number (26)5761.F.1b (McAllister)

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