Upcoming Events
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Sun27Apr20253:00 pm
English Speaking Union: "Musick in Georgian Dublin" [1750-1780]
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Sun18May202511:00 amWalnford NJ
Historic Walnford Day: Repertoire from Colonial and Early Federal Period in America
Sponsored by the Monmouth County Park System
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Highlights
- Pre-Concert Talks: “The Lord of the Manor”
- A PRACTITIONERS OF MUSICK PRESENCE – PATRIOTS WEEK 2024 COLONIAL BALL
- Music Lafayette Might Have Heard in Trenton
- A Reimagined 1774 Princeton Concert and Dance Assembly at Morven
- A 1774 Tavern Concert and Dance Assembly
- Lafayette the Nation’s Guest Soirée in Philadelphia
- Tavern Night at The Old Barracks Museum
- Edison NJ – Magnet School Presentation
- Manuscript – Pennsylvania ca. 1790-1810
- Princeton University: Dance Workshop
- The Practitioners of Musick present “The Ingenious Mr. Hopkinson” at the Sussex County Main Library in Newton, New Jersey on Saturday April 13th 2024 from 2 to 4 pm
- The 1740 Abraham Staats House – A Dutch Musical Miscellany
- The Practitioners of Musick and the American Friends of Lafayette.
- Patriots Week Colonial Ball – Historic Masonic Temple, Trenton NJ
- Harvest Festival – Morven Museum & Garden
- Tavern Night – Old Barracks Museum
- “Striking Beauty” New Jersey Tall Case Clocks 1730-1830
- Beyond the Fanlight – Music in Georgian Dublin
- Music for the Washington Family
- “A Profound Love” of Musick – Queen’s College’s Queen Charlotte in Education and the Arts
- Gainsborough and His Circle of Musical Friends
- Practitioners provide period music for “Ten Crucial Days” smartphone app.
- Theatre & Musical Activity in Dublin During the Time of Richard St. George
- The Two Georges – Comparing George III of England and General & President George Washington
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Author Archives: John & Donovan
Britannia’s Invitation
Britannia’s Invitation Oft has it been said that British music experienced a decline at the outset of the eighteenth century. It was precisely for the rejection of this notion that two private collectors in America set about gathering together a … Continue reading
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Peacock Press
Peacock Press (JPH) facsimile editions Peacock Press, operated by Jeremy and Ruth Burbidge, bought John and Jenny Edmonds’ retail business, JPH (Jacks, Pipes, and Hammers). Peacock Press continues to publish in facsimile some of the wealth of neglected music by … Continue reading
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Rockingham – Kingston, New Jersey
Rockingham, also know as the Berrien Mansion, served as headquarters in 1783 for General George Washington as he wrote his farewell address to the Continental Armies. The General and Mrs. Washington lived at Rockingham while the Continental Congress met in … Continue reading
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Fenton House
Since 1952, Fenton House in Hampstead, London has been home to one of the most important collections of early keyboard instruments in Europe. Cared for by the National Trust of Great Britain, the collection was assembled during the early decades … Continue reading
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1704 Deerfield
In the predawn hours of February 29, 1704, a force of about three hundred French and Native allies launched a daring raid on the English settlement. A hundred and twelve men, women, and children were captured and taken on a … Continue reading
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Old Barracks Fife & Drum Corps
The Old Barracks Fife and Drum Corps released, in 2010, a recording that includes marches found in the Caspar Schaffner manuscript, arranged and edited by Steve Hudak, for the Corps, of which he is the distinguished director. The CD, titled, … Continue reading
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Schaffner Manuscript
The Practitioners of Musick contemplates a recording project highlighting the English and German repertory found in the manuscript.
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Calvert Volume
The Practitioners of Musick plan to perform and record many selections from a remarkable new source, a collection of sheet music published in London between 1790 and 1815, that was acquired by and bound for one of the members of … Continue reading
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Marlpit Hall
June 2, 2012 Saturday 1:00 PM -4:00 PM Marlpit Hall 137 Kings Highway Middletown, NJ A Celebration of the Birthday of King George III -presented by John Burkhalter & Donovan Klotzbeacher MARLPIT HALL built in 1756 was the home of a … Continue reading
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