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Alverson, Margaret Blake, 1836-1923

"Sixty Years of California Song"

AT
GILROY SPRINGS.

The grand musical festival given in the Mechanics pavilion, San
Francisco, May 28, 29 and 30, 1878, was the second largest undertaking
since the one given in 1873 under the supervision of the Mechanics'
Library association with Camilla Urso, virtuoso, and R.H. Herold,
conductor, with 12,000 voices.
The general committee of this grand festival was composed of musicians
and singers and directors of various musical organizations. They were
as follows:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A.M. Benham, Samuel D. Mayer, Wendell Eastern, Sumner W.
Bugbee, manager.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
Business Men--Geo. E. Barnes, Geo. Brown, Wm. G. Badger,
Quincy A. Chase, John T. Coe, James Denman, W.P. Edwards,
Jr., Samuel C. Gray, Jas. E. Gordon, M. Gray, Robt. T.
Harrison, F.A. Harnden, L.K. Hammer, August Hunme, Col. J.P.
Jackson, G.S. Johnson, M.A. Kennedy, Andrew Kohler, Warren
Leland, S.H. Long.
Musicians--H.M. Bosworth, C.L. Crabtree, John P. Morgan, Wm.
Fletcher, Geo. J. Gee, Ernest Hartmann, H. Heyman, R.
Herold, H.O. Hunt, W.H. Kinross, D.W. Loring, Fred Lyster,
W.J. McDougal, Charles McCurrie, H.L. Mansfeldt, E. Pique,
Geo. H. Powers, Martin Schultz, Prof. Sleanter, Charles
Schultz, G.A. Scott.
Singers--W.C. Campbell, Chas. Dugan, Wash. Elliott, D.P.
Hughes, F.A. Hyde, Alf. Kelleher, S.W. Leach, Carl Formes,
G.


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