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Event title:

Festival beseda [Fifth autumn beseda] to celebrate the eve of the birthday of Karel Havlíček

Venue: Konvikt

Event type: Art music culture

Date: 30/10/1861

Keywords: Festival and celebratory events, Genres - Secular choral music, Genres - Secular solo vocal music, Genres - Solo and concertante instrumental music, Annual events and regular series, Impresario and individual arranged events, Public performance events

Programme comprising:

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified partsong, 4 male vv
• Reichel, Josef : v Maýr, Jan Nepomuk : v Rafael, J. : v Peták, ? : v

UNSPECIFIED, ? : song Píseň na rozloučenou (Farewell song), v, [pf?]
• Appé, August : v

ŠKROUP, František Jan : song Češka (Czech lady), v, pf, op.32
• Ehrenbergů, Eleonora z : v

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified Concerto, ob, [orch / pf acc.?]
• Bauer, Johann Friedrich : ob

UNSPECIFIED, ? : song Modré oči (Blue eyes), v, [pf]
• Appé, August : v

SCHULHOFF, Julius : variations Variations on Czech national songs, pf
• Vorlová, ? : pf

unspecified folksong, v
• Ehrenbergů, Eleonora z : v

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified partsong, 5 male vv
• Reichel, Josef : v Maýr, Jan Nepomuk : v Rafael, J. : v Peták, ? : v Appé, August : v

Commentary:

Čas 30/10/1861 reported that ‘Today on the eve of the birthday of Karel Havlíček takes place in the Konvikt Hall a festival beseda.’ The source then listed basic programme details and the participating soloists. A similar report appeared in Národní listy 30/10/1861. This beseda was the fifth in the 1861 series of autumn besedas arranged by Josed Barák, K. Hof and Pavel Švandawith music arranged by J.N. Maýr. Bohemia 1/10/1861 reported that ‘(The Autumn Besedas) take place now in the newly refurbished Konvikt Hall on 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th October, then on 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th November. At the start of each Beseda [will be a] concert; arranged by Kapellmeister Mr Mayr [Maýr], followed by dances.

Summary of sources:

Národní listy (24/09/1861)
Bohemia (01/10/1861)
Národní listy (25/10/1861)
Čas (30/10/1861)
Národní listy (30/10/1861)
Národní listy (31/10/1861)