Opening Concert (1891)

Program for the Opening Concert

The 1891 Opening Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was the first concert of the Glee Club 1891-1892 season. Held December 17, 1891 in the Public Hall (in the old Rotunda annex) at the University of Virginia, the concert featured the Glee Club with the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs and was directed by J. S. Doubleday.

Program

Part I

1. Dependable Guard March (Shattuck) (Banjo Club)
2. Invitation to Waltz (C. W. Fleming) (Mandolin Club)
3. Soldiers' Chorus (Ritterberger) (Double Quartet)
4. Darkies' Patrol (G.L. Lansing) (BC)
5. "Waltz Song" from Faust (Gounod) (Whistling solo)
6. Last Night (Kjerulf) (DQ)
7. It's a Long Lane that Has No Turn (Lyons) (Mixed Quartet)

Part II

1. Triumph March (Armstrong) (BC)
2. Flora Waltz (C.W. Fleming) (MC)
3. Silently We Steal Away (Mozart) (Quartet)
4. Darkey's Dream (Lansing) (BC)
5. Dream Faces (Molloy) (DQ)
6. Mandolins (Malteo) (MC)
7. Imogene Donohue (Thompson) (Glee Club)
8. On the Mill Dam (Galop) (Babb) (Banjo, Mandolin, and Guitar Club)

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Image of the Public Hall in the Rotunda Annex, 1892 Corks and Curls

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References

• University of Virginia Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar and Glee Clubs (1891-12-17). Programme of the Opening Concert. http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u2036782.