Thomas Ryan in Boston - in the middle of the 1800's
from Recollections of an old musician, pages 43-44:
In my early days in Boston, series of concerts were given in the Federal Street Theatre, on the corner of Franklin Street, by the so-called Boston Academy of Music [… ] formed and named in 1833, by Messrs. William C. Woodbridge, Lowell Mason, and a few kindred souls.
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The programmes were of very mixed music, but aspiring to the best. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was brought out by them for the first time in Boston. Each programme was generally made up of a French … more >>
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Thomas Ryan, Recollections of an old musician (New York City, 1899), p. 43-44. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449605311607 accessed: 12 October, 2024
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
written by Beethoven |
performed by Boston Academy of Music |
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| Date/Time | in the middle of the 1800's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:08:31 +0000
Approved on Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:49:34 +0000