Amusements. the Final Promenade Concert
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 9
The fine series of promenade concerts with which Sydney has recently been provided came to an end last evening, when the second of the two benefit concerts tendered to Mr. S. Churchill Otton was given. On the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 221
The visit of Mr. F. H. Cowen, with the Exhibition Orchestra, which, has been such a famous feature in the Melbourne life of the last six months, is now an established fact, and this…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 221
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That after a long day of outdoor sport on an exceptionally hot day there should have been a crowded house at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening shows that for the sake of pleasure…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 9
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
"Hans the Boatman" has pulled his last oar, and nothing is left but regret that he and his "kiddies" have gone, leaving only kindly memories behind them. On Thursday afternoon…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 9
There is little that can be said of "Youth" which has not already been stated before. The drama still retains its freshness, and judging from the liberal patronage accorded to Her Majesty's during the past week,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 9
To-night is to be the occasion of the first performance in Sydney of that fine organisation which in the last six months has clearly earned the right to be known as the celebrated orchestra of Mr. Frederic Cowen, the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 221
The kindly sympathy of the musical public was strongly exhibited by the response of performers and listeners to the efforts of Mr. Churchill Otton, who organised a concert in the Exhibition…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 221
The programme for the promenade concert on the same evening attracted a large audience to the Crystal Palace Skating Rink, and, as usual, the efforts of the artists engaged were warmly…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 9
The chief event of the year in the musical world takes place to-night in the appearance of the now famous Centennial Exhibition Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. F. H. Cowen, at the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 4
The Gaiety Theatre was crowded on Saturday night, when the various members of the Gaylord-Silbon troupe again made their appearance in a number of difficult and during acrobatic feats. The Silbon family…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 4
At the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening there was a fair attendance, and the programme comprising the pathetic poem, "Dora," and the irresistibly amusing farcical comedy "The Barrister," was…
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Evening News · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5
LONDON, February l.-Sir F. Leighton and Mr. Watts send five pictures to the Anglo-Australian Artists' Exhibition, Sydney…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 4
The popular military and spectacular drama, "Youth," was received with as much approval as over at Her Majestry's Theatre, on saturday evening. The management announce that they will soon produce a…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 7
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, and Mr. George Frederick Watta, R.A., intend to send five pictures to Sydney in the Anglo-Australian artists'…
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Evening News · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 3
HER MAJESTY'S.-Mr. Frederic H. Cowen, in conjunction with the Centennial Orchestra, numbering upwards of fifty instrumentalists, made his second appearance in this city, at Her Majesty's…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 3
There was a very large attendance at the first concert given by the Centennial Orchestra, under Mr. F. H. Cowen's direction, on Saturday. The attendance was exceedingly attentive and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 4
The Cowen Orchestrnl Concerts were successfully intiated the Exhibition Buildingon Saturday evening. The music was certainly superb, and the audience was apparently as much charmed with it as its merits…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5
HOBART, This Day.--The project for the erection of a new theatre in a central position has been favorably received, and is likely to be successful…
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