Jefferson County KyArchives History - Books .....Louisville Amateur Orchestra, 1879-1882 (Louisville KY) 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: jeanie lutz musvol@earthlink.net October 9, 2009, 10:05 pm Book Title: Memorial History Of Louisville (1896) Louisville Amateur Orchestra, 1879-1882 (Louisville KY) names: Schueler, Shackleton, Hildebrand, Marcosson, Duke, Hast In 1878-9 a few amateurs formed the Louisville Amateur Orchestra and engaged Prof. Schueler as director, with C. H. Shackleton as president. The object of the orchestra was to develop a taste for orchestral music among its members, and to afford them an opportunity of practical instruction and experience. The programs were mostly of a light character, but the society developed quite a number of young players, some of whom have since become more or less prominent. Charles Hildebrand, first violin in the Thomas Orchestra, had his first experience here, as did also Sol Marcosson and Miss Currie Duke. This orchestra was in existence about three years— from 1879 to 1882—with a membership varying from thirty-five to fifty, and in that time gave about twenty concerts. When this orchestra was organized Prof. Hast gave them a quantity of music, which included some of the finest work then extant, such as some of the Beethoven symphonies, some of Haydn and Mozart, overtures by Wagner, Cherubini, Mendelssohn and many others. source: Mildred J. Hill, “History of Music in Louisville” in Memorial History of Louisville from its First Settlement to the Year 1896, ed. J. Stoddard Johnson (1896) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/jefferson/history/1896/memorial/louisvil387gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/