• ensemble of the Royal Infantry Regiment of Baron Wernhardt: participating ensemble
• JEŠKO, Ludevít: director of ensemble

Mercy‘s Anzeiger 4/1/1857 published an advertisement announcing the availability of subscription tickets for the series of  5 ‘Soirées dansantes’ to take place on specified dates in January and February. The events culminated in a ‘Concert together with a Festival Ball’ on 18th February.’ Tickets could be obtained from the music shop of Robert Veit. This advertisement was repeated in the newspaper on 5/1/1857. 

A large advertisement was published by Mercy’s Anzeiger 7/1/1857 announcing that a musical trial of dance compositions to be given at the ‘Flora Fest-Ball’ on 18/2/1857 and at the forthcoming series of Soirées dansantes [the dates of which were also specified], would take place on 8th January. This source identified the participating ensemble at the trial and that it would be personally directed by Kapellmeister L. Jeschko [Ješko]. Whether this ensemble participated in the series of later events was not noted, although this seems likely and is therefore noted in this event record of the first Soirée in this series. Subscription cards were available for gentlemen [ladies were not specified] at 3kr for each of the Soirées dansantes with admission too to the final Fest-Ball. A subscription to all events cost 50kr. These could be obtained from the music shop of Rob. Veit. This advertisement was published again in Mercy’s Anzeiger on 8/1/1857. Further advertisements announcing the dates of the ‘Soirées dansantes with concert’ and final Ball and the procedure for buying tickets were published in later issues of Mercy’s Anzeiger from 12/1/1857.

The character of this series of ‘Soirées dansantes, mit Concert’ was revealed by a report appearing in Mercy’s Anzeiger 13/1/1857, which related that ‘At the first Soirée dansante, with Concert, which takes place on Thursday of this week in the Konvikt Hall, the following concert pieces will be performed during the interval...’ The three works noted in the database programme record for that event were then listed, along with their performers. Thus, this series of events comprised dancing with a ‘concert’ providing interval entertainment. An advertisement was published by Mercy’s Anzeiger 14/1/1857 and repeated the following day announcing that gentlemen’s admission tickets to the ‘1st Soirée dansante with concert’ taking place ‘Tomorrow in the Konvikt Hall’ could be purchased from the music shop of Robert Veit.

The Vergnügungsanzeiger of Mercy’s Anzeiger 15/1/1857 noted ‘Today Thursday... Konvikt Hall: Dance reunion [Tanzreunion].’