Happy New Year!

Enjoy the music of the Germania Musical Society while seeing photos of snowy Newport, from the Providence Public Library Digital Archives.

Old printed program or sheet titled 'Souvenir de Germany,' featuring ornate border decorations and a list of songs and entertainment for a celebration. The text mentions a guitar piece, a song by Jenny Lind, and other musical pieces.
Sheet music for a song titled 'New Year’s Polka' dedicated to Maggie Edes, with musical notes on a staff and some text at the bottom indicating it was entered according to the act of Congress in 1851 by F. D. Benteen.

F.B. Helmsmuller composed the New Year’s Polka in 1851 for the Germania Musical Society to perform. The first reported performance of this work was in Baltimore, Maryland.

Historic newspaper clipping about a subscription concert at Carroll Hall on Feb. 17th, listing pieces to be performed.

The Baltimore Sun, February 17, 1851.

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