Herr Wenderlich, bass
W.C. Campbell, bass
Samuel C. Mayer, tenor
Matthew Anderson, tenor
Mrs. Marriner, soprano
Mrs. S. Little, soprano
Mrs. J.M. Pierce, soprano
Mrs. McNeil (of Sacramento), soprano
Mrs. M.R. Blake, contralto
Miss Hewlett, contralto
Miss K. Stone, contralto
Cornet solo, Mr. Dick Kohler and full orchestra.
Anvil chorus, with artillery accompaniment.

The undertaking was a financial as well as a musical success and added one more wreath of laurels to our musical advancement in 1873.

Also in this year the celebrated violin virtuoso, Camilla Urso, came to San Francisco on a tour. The Mechanics Pavilion then stood on the square of Stockton and Powell, Geary and Post streets, and numerous entertainments were given there. The musical festival had been successfully opened with Camilla Urso as soloist, and on the second day she tendered the society a benefit concert. The programme, a noted one which should be preserved, is as follows:

MUSICAL FESTIVAL
TENDERED BY CAMILLA URSO
in aid of The Mercantile Library of San Francisco
at the
Mechanics Pavilion

FIRST PART

1. Overture, Ali Baba
Grand orchestra of 150 men.		Cherubini
2. Glory to God on High (from 12th Mass)
Oratorio chorus, 1,200 voices.		Mozart
3. Symphony in C (Andante and Allegro)
Grand orchestra of 150 pieces.		Gade
4. (a) Sleepers, Awake, Choral from St. Paul
(b) Prayer of Moses in Egypt		Mendelssohn
Rossini
5. Grand Concerto for the Violin (orchestral accompaniment)
Camilla Urso		Beethoven

PART II

1. Chorus, The Heavens are Telling (from the Creation)
Oratorio chorus of 1,200 voices		Haydn
2. Overture of Freischutz
Grand Military Band, 150 men.		Weber
3. Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah"
Oratorio chorus of 1,200 voices.		Handel
4. Anvil Chorus, from Il TrovatoreVerdi

Full chorus of 1,200. Organ. Grand orchestra of 150. Full
military band, drum corps of the city militia, 50 anvils,
100 firemen, city fire bells and cannon to be fired
from the stand of the leader by use of electricity.