History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . -ating and contributing to the art of music, and surpassedall other cities in the State outside New York. In 1831 theAlbany Sacred Music Society was founded, and in theAmerican Musical Journal for April, 1835, I find a reportof a musical programme having been rendered in thatcity which gave many of the best selections from Handels ALBANY. 147 and Haydns oratorios, including solos, duets, and cho-ruses, in which forty trained voices assisted, aided by anefficient orchestra. In the May issue of the same musi-cal peri
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . -ating and contributing to the art of music, and surpassedall other cities in the State outside New York. In 1831 theAlbany Sacred Music Society was founded, and in theAmerican Musical Journal for April, 1835, I find a reportof a musical programme having been rendered in thatcity which gave many of the best selections from Handels ALBANY. 147 and Haydns oratorios, including solos, duets, and cho-ruses, in which forty trained voices assisted, aided by anefficient orchestra. In the May issue of the same musi-cal periodical a report appears from Albany also, whichreads : The New York Italian Opera Company madea visit to this city and gave a few performances at thetheatres. The first was on April 6th, when Rossinis LAssedio di Corinto was performed ; this was followedby Mose in Egitto, LInganno Felice, and the secondact of Eduardo e Cristina. The two first works wererepeated twice. The company also performed duringtheir stay Mozarts Requiem, and a selection from1 Mose in St. Pauls CHAPTER York. FOUNDING OF THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE THE FIRST EX-HIBITORS STODART & DUBOIS R. & W. NUNNS—NUNNS & CLARK — SACKMEISTER —KRETERS HAMMER-COVERING MACHINE — FIRTH & HALL — OSBORN JOHN JARDINE — ABBOTT—WALKERS TUNING-PIN. New York, following the excellent example set byPhiladelphia in 1824, established the Mechanics Insti-tute system of annual exhibitions in the early part of1830. Accordingly, the first exhibition was a carefully-prepared and advertised event, in which the projectorstried to excel Philadelphia by exciting the desire ofmanufacturers of all kinds, artists, and inventors to berepresented. In regard to musical instrument-makersthe first committee set aside a gold medal at each ex-hibition for the best upright or cabinet piano, anotherfor the best horizontal or square, and a third for the best grand pianoforte. In the first exhibition, held in the building now occu
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