Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Event title:

Festival [Erinnerungsfest] to commemorate the Battle of Aspern

Venue: Count Canal's Garden

Parent Event:
Musical entertainment given by Turek's Sextet

Event type: State or civil events

Date: 24/05/1857

Season: Summer

Programme including:

HAYDN, Franz Joseph : Austrian national anthem, vv

Commentary:

Tagesbote aus Böhmen 26/5/1857 reported that ‘Yesterday afternoon their Majesties the Queen Mother Karolina Augusta and the Emperor Ferdinand, as well as His Royal Highness the Serene Archduke Franz Karl were in attendance for a Festival Commemoration of the Battle of Aspern, taking place in the former Count Canal’s Garden and thereafter on the Žofín Island. Upon... [their] arrival the [unspecified] musical ensembles played the Austrian anthem.’ No further details were given by this source. This issue of the newspaper also recorded that Franz Karl left Prague for Dresden on the morning of 25/5/1857.


Summary of sources:

Tagesbote aus Böhmen (26/05/1857)