Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Event title:

Fourth and final musical song and declamatory soirée given in aid of the Smíchov public library

Venue: At the Golden Angel Inn

Event type: Art music culture

Date: 31/12/1862 7.30pm

Programme comprising the following musical items, part i:

SCHETT, ? : unspecified Overture, orch
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified Morceaux de Salon, zither
WILLMERS, Rudolf : piano piece Die schöne Melusine, pf
FAHRBACH, ? : unspecified waltz, orch
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified work for clarinet, cl
STRAUSS, ? : Potpourri Elisabeth-Quadrille, orch
PROCHÁZKA, Jan Ludevít : song Pravý Čech True Czech no.1 from 2 Patriotic songs [Vlastenské písně], v, pf
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified Polka tremblante [Třasák], orch

Part 2:

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified Potpourri on folksongs, orch
NOVÁČEK, Martin Josef : chorus, vv
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified work for clarinet, cl
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified kvapík [galop], orch
WALLACE, ? : dance Konzedlný tanec, orch
unspecified Čtverylka [Quadrille] from folk songs, orch
SLAVÍK, Karel : chorus Hasme, hoři (Let's put out the fire!), male vv
ŘEŠÍNSKÝ, Jan : march Vlastenecký pochod (Patriotic march), orch

Commentary:

Národní listy 31/12/1862 reported that the ‘Fourth and final musical, singing and declamatory soirée at Smíchov takes place today at 7.30pm in the hall of the Inn „At the Gold Angel“. Tickets to this soirée may be obtained for 30kr from the cafés of Mr Šesták „u české koruny[At the Czech Crown] and Mr Fastr „u Myslíků“ [At the huntsman], on the evening from the box office. The profit is dedicated to the benefit of the public library of Smíchov. Programme: I.1. Ouvertura of Schett, musical ensemble. Ojíř by Macháček. 3. Morcaux [Morceaux] de Salon, on the zither [na citeře], 4. Kalina, chorus by Vašák. 5. Meluzina by Vilmers [Willmers], at the piano. 6. Valčík [Waltz] by Fahrbach, musical ensemble. 7. Za sto let [After a hundred years] by Rubeš. 8. Solo for clarinet. 9. Beseda reading by Přerhof. 10. Elisabeth-Quadrille by Strauss. 11. Pravý Čech [True Czech] by Procházka, song. 12. Polka tremblante [Třasák], musical ensemble. II.1. Potpourri from folk songs, musical ensemble. 2. Ženit nebo neženit [To marry or not to marry] by Rubeš. Tichá noc, chorus by Nováček. 4. Solo for clarinet. 5.a) Nešťastný národ [Unhappy nation], b) chapter about the male heart, by Adamec. 6. Kavpík [Galop], musical ensemble. 7. Declamation. 8. Konzedlý tanec [possibly Kouzelný tanec - Magic dance] by Vallace [Wallace]. 9. Čtverylka [Quadrille] from folksongs. 10. Hasme, hoři [Let’s put out the fire], chorus by R. Slavík [K. Slavík]. 11. Nová Arkadie [New Arcadia] by Trnobranský. 12. Vlastenecký pochod [Patriotic march] by Jan Řešínský, musical ensemble.’ The programme to the event was then listed in projected performance order.


Summary of sources:

Národní listy (31/12/1862)