Nature's own musicians, the Minstrel Fairies ... by particular desire ... will give one more morning & evening representation of their extraordinary combination of native musical talent ... at the Royal Victoria & Bull Inn Assembly Rooms, Rochester, on Friday, October 26, 1849.

Record ID: 
412264
Accession number: 
PMC 1269.2
Title: 
Nature's own musicians, the Minstrel Fairies ... by particular desire ... will give one more morning & evening representation of their extraordinary combination of native musical talent ... at the Royal Victoria & Bull Inn Assembly Rooms, Rochester, on Friday, October 26, 1849.
Published: 
[Rochester : Royal Victoria & Bull Inn, 1849].
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 1998.
Notes: 

"These gifted little artistes ... will give (with additions) their celebrated recital of classical music, so peculiar and interesting, entitled the fairy entertainment, as performed, by command, before her most gracious Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert."
Includes biographical information on the family.
Works to be performed: Quartett / Turner -- Paganini's grand violin solo : St. Patrick's day / Turner -- Harp solo : intruduction and grand march / Bochsa -- L'elisire d'amore / J.W. Thirlwall -- Duet on airs from La somnambula / Betts -- The ninth wonder! a concertante duet, for two violins, executed on one violin!!! / J.W. Thirlwall -- Brilliant and extraordinary trio : three performers upon one harp / Turner -- Concerto : violin : De Beriot's celebrated 7th air with variations and finale in four sharps / DeBeriot -- Grand fantasia and brilliant variations on the celebrated Irish air, Gramachree / F.C. Meyer -- Violin solo : fantasia in A minor, introducing the Duc de Richstadt waltz / Le Moine -- Finale : God save the Queen with variations arranged as a quartett / Turner.
On green paper.