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Event title:

Ball given by the Prague Civil Sharpshooters Corps

Venue: Střelecký ostrov

Parent Event:
Dance entertainment with music given by ensemble of the Civil Grenadiers Corps

Event type: Popular social musical and dance events

Date: 04/10/1858

Keywords: Dance entertainments, State-associated events and occasions, Public performance events, Monarchy and Aristocracy, Annual events and regular series, Festival and celebratory events

Programme unspecified:

General participants:

Orchestra of the Prague Civil Sharpshooters Corps: participating orchestra

Commentary:

News of this ball appeared in Der Tagesbote 1/10/1858 in news of events that were to be held to celebrate the nameday of the Emperor Franz Joseph on 4 October. These also included a high mass given in St Vitus Cathedral at 9am and a parade of the Sharpshooters Corps at 3pm. No details of the musical content of this evening ball were related.

Summary of sources:

Tagesbote aus Böhmen (01/10/1858)