Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Veranstaltungstitel:

Fifth 'Humoristický věneček [Humorous little garland]' arranged by Heřmann Přerhof

Aufführungsort: Konvikt

Programmsorte: Art music culture

Datum: 20/03/1861

Spielzeit: Lent

Programme including:

__heading.general_participants:
  • PŘERHOF, Heřmann: actor / actress / theatre performer
  • unspecified chorus: participating ensemble

Part 1:

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified chorus, vv
PIVODA, František : unspecified song, v, pf
     • Čelakovská, Marie : v
RUBINSTEIN, Anton Grigor'yevitch : unspecified Polonaise, pf
     • Bráva, F. Max : pf
PECH, Jindřich : unspecified song, v, pf
     • Führer, Otto : v
arr. unspecified, ?: A.V. Karel: Fantasie on Czech folksongs , arr. db
     • Šimandl, František : db
GRAF, Vilém : piano piece Souvenir de Bohême, pf, op.5
     • Bráva, F. Max : pf
HŘÍMALÝ, Vojtěch : unspecified song, v, pf
     • Čelakovská, Marie : v

Part 2:

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified chorus, vv
PIVODA, ? : unspecified song, v, [pf]
     • Führer, Otto : v
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified quartet for voices, 4vv

Kommentar:

Přerhof first arranged a series of five weekly ‘humorous’ entertainments, including music, in February and March 1861. According to contemporary periodical reports these productions initially proved to be popular social occasions, with programmes comprising spoken declamations (Přerhof himself was an actor), and often quite substantial items of music. Their success probably encouraged the impresario to arrange a further series of entertainments in June 1861 and November 1861. However, these later productions increasingly concentrated upon light music and dance works, perhaps in an effort to court popularity with the public. Unfortunately, rather than gaining in popularity, entertainments in later years seem to have been less well attended. Přerhof arranged no productions during 1862, a series of only four programmes in March-April 1863, and three programmes in June-July 1864. However, a brief Národní listy 24/3/1861 review of the fifth in a series of these entertainments remarked upon their tendency to attract large audiences.


Zusammenfassung der Quellen:

Národní listy (19/02/1861)
Národní listy (20/03/1861)
Národní listy (24/03/1861)