National Peace Jubilee

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The National Peace Jubilee was a celebration, organized by Patrick Gilmore in Boston in 1869. It featured an orchestra and a chorus, as well as numerous soloists -- in total, more than 11,000 performers participated, including the famous violinist Ole Bull as the orchestra's concert director.[1] The Jubilee will become the "high-water mark in the influence of the band in American life";[2] along with the International Peace Jubilee in 1872, it will make Gilmore a famous composer and bandmaster.

Specifically:

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

[edit] Reference

  • Crawford, Richard (2001). America's Musical Life: A History. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04810-1. 
  • Hansen, Richard K. (2005). The American Wind Band: A Cultural History. GIA Publications. ISBN 1579994679. 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Hansen, pg. 229
  2. ^ Crawford, pgs. 289-291

[edit] Further reading

  • Moore, Thomas (1869). Let Us Have Peace: Music to be Performed at the Grand National Peace Jubilee. Oliver Ditson & Co. 
  • Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield (1871). History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival. Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham. 


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