National Peace Jubilee

Peace Jubilee, Boston, 1869
Peace Jubilee, Boston, 1869

The National Peace Jubilee was a celebration that commemorated the end of the American Civil War, organized by Patrick Gilmore in Boston on June 15, 1869. It featured an orchestra and a chorus, as well as numerous soloists. More than 11,000 performers participated, including the famous violinist Ole Bull as the orchestra's concertmaster,[1] and Carl Zerrahn as director of the choral forces.[2] The Jubilee became the "high-water mark in the influence of the band in American life".[3] Along with the World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival in 1872, it made Gilmore a famous composer and bandmaster. For the Jubilee, a newly commissioned "Hymn of Peace" was written by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, set to the music from "American Hymn" by Matthais Keller.[4]

Participants included:

  • 100 choral groups with a total of 10,926 singers[1]
  • 525 musicians with the orchestra[1]
  • 486 musicians with the wind band[1]

See also

References

  • Crawford, Richard (2001). America's Musical Life: A History. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04810-1.
  • Hall, Roger (2010), Angel of Peace: The Boston Peace Jubilees, PineTree Press.
  • Hansen, Richard K. (2005). The American Wind Band: A Cultural History. GIA Publications. ISBN 1-57999-467-9.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hansen, pg. 229
  2. ↑ John Tasker Howard (1936). "Zerrahn, Carl". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  3. ↑ Crawford, pgs. 289-291
  4. ↑ Hall, pg. 13-14

Further reading

  • William Dean Howells. Jubilee Days. Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1869.
  • Moore, Thomas (1869). Let Us Have Peace: Music to be Performed at the Grand National Peace Jubilee. Oliver Ditson & Co.
  • Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival: Held in the City of Boston 1869. Illustrated with Steel Engravings. Published 1871 by the Author and for Sale by Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, New York
  • Jarman, Rufus (1969), "Big Boom in Boston", American Heritage, 20 (6)

Coordinates: 42°20′59.19″N 71°4′35.68″W / 42.3497750°N 71.0765778°W / 42.3497750; -71.0765778 (Copley Square, Boston)


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