National Peace Jubilee

Peace Jubilee, Boston, 1869

Peace Jubilee, Boston, 1869

The National Peace Jubilee was a celebration, organized by Patrick Gilmore in Boston on June 15, 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 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]

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 1-579-99467-9. 

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} 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.. 
• Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield (1871). History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival. Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham. http://books.google.com/books?id=NcM5AAAAIAAJ. 
• Jarman, Rufus, "Big Boom in Boston", American Heritage 20 (1969) (6), http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1969/6/1969_6_46.shtml 

External links

• A History of the Wind Band
• National Peace Jubilee Music

See also

• World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival

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