Charles Brannes
played horn and cello with the New York Philharmonic
from
1858-59
[NY
Philharmonic
Archives, 1842-1928]
March 7,
[1859] the
Harmonic and Philharmonic Societies joined together ….accorded Bristow
the
overdue tribute of a Grand Testimonial Concert at the Academy of Music.
(including the Philharmonic cellist/hornist Charles Brannes.
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 290 n 36]
At the third
concert in
the new series of six “Classical Matinées” given by the former
Mason and
Bergmann – now Mason and Thomas – chamber group (reactivated after
nearly two
years of silence). … substituting for Bergmann [ on violoncello] during
his
absence on tour, Charles Brannes, from the Phihharmonic.
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 197-201]
On the
afternoon of May
22, 1858, the Nursery and Child’s Hospital, inaugurated its new
building (at
Fifty-first Street near Third Avenue) with a concert for its own
benefit. Appearing were…. Charles Brannes,
the
cellist….
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 218]
At his
[Bergmann’s]
fourth Sunday concert (January 23, [1859]) … the Philharmonic musicians
– Noll,
Matzka, Boehm, Schmitz, Eltz, Brannes, and Bartels – played the
variation
movement of Beethoven’s septet.
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 283]
The English
singer and
teacher, Madame Leati, returning home after an uneventful residence in
the
United States since 1848, gave her farewell concert at Niblo’s Saloon on May 7, [1859] assisted by …
Charles Brannes …
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 298]
… probably
seeking to
outdo Mason/Thomas, a group of well-known musicians banded together and
–
calling themselves the Chamber Concerts Union- announced a series of
six soirées at Goldbeck’s “snug little
hall,” to be performed on consecutive Tuesday evenings from March 20
[1860]
through May 1. … the group drew upon a fund of musicians from the
Philharmonic:
… the cellist Brannes, and the
hornist Schmitz. … Insufficiently prepared and unenthusiastically
received, the
series – despite the high repute of the performers – was not renewed.
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 374]
At his second
concert
[January 23, 1860], predominantly devoted to his own compositions, [C.
Jerome]
Hopkins was assisted by … the Philharmonic Cellist Charles Brannes …(Evening Post, January 24, 1860)
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 378]
Louis
Dachauer’s
concert at Dodworth’s Hall on April 18, [1861] … the cellist Brannes,
and a
grand choir.
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 459]
On March 18
[1862] at
Dodworh’s Hall, Friedrich, the least visible of the Mollenhaurs gave a
“Grand
Soirée Musicale” of his own, with the collaboration of …Herr
Brannes…
[Lawrence, Strong on Music, vol. III, 535]