Endowments; Concerts; Orchestral music--Performances; New York (N.Y.); Civic Orchestral Society (New York, N.Y.); Maynard, Martha
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1901 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 81
Note
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Maynard, Martha
In order that the project of the Civic Orchestra, the initial season of which has resulted in a deficit, may not have to be abandoned after the final concert of this week, a series of out-door operatic performances is to be given by interests closely allied to the Civic Orchestral Society. For the first time in its history New York City is to be the scene of open air opera... ...The performances are to be given in aid of the fund under which the Civic Orchestral Society's concerts have been operated since July 11 twice a week. The concerts were brought to an end after last Tuesday evening as far as the present season is concerned. It is to help continue the concerts next season that the operatic benefit performances have been arranged... ...Speaking of the prospects of the Civic Orchestral concerts, Martha Maynard, secretary of the society, said: 'It is realized by the guarantors that the extreme heat and the infantile paralysis epidemic have cut down attendance. But in order to make possible concerts of such excellence at prices ranging from ten to fifty cents it will be necessary to attract audiences even larger than the 4,000 or 5,000 average thus far. 'The Garden seats 8,000 persons and every seat ought to be filled. If the people of New York show the guarantors of the society unmistakably that they want these programs made a permanent annual affair, the necessary funds will be forthcoming to insure the concerts for the future...'" [SOURCE: "TO MAKE NEW YORK CIVIC ORCHESTRA PERMANENT BODY." Musical America, Volume 24, Issue 18, 2 September 1916, pp. 1. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=jGdJAQAAMAAJ. Accessed 25 Sep. 2018.]