Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture
Time: 7:00 pm (EDT)
At the invitation of Congress and President Monroe, the Frenchman/American General Lafayette toured America for more than a year, 1824-25. A young confidant of General Washington and one of the few surviving heroes of the American Revolution, the then-aged Frenchman traveled to all 24 of the current states and was greeted by massive public celebrations – dinners, balls, military displays, and more. Mid-December of 2024 marks 200 years since General Lafayette came to Annapolis.
As chairman of the national music committee with American Friends of Lafayette, Dr. David Hildebrand has, for well over a year, been unearthing, bringing to life, and disseminating much of the music composed for and presented to Lafayette when visiting Maryland and beyond. This lecture will reveal the style and character of this 200-year-old music, gathered from period music sources, and it will include both live and recorded musical examples of songs, marches, dance tunes, and more.
Advanc registration required; registration closes one half hour prior to lecture.
Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members, Military, and HA Docents
Can’t watch the lecture live? The lecture will be recorded! All registrants will receive a link to the recording of the lecture to watch at their convenience for two weeks. Live closed captioning is available for all lectures.
This lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register, please check your Spam folder, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer, visit the Zoom website.
About Our Presenter:Dr. David K. Hildebrand is a freelance performer, lecturer, recording artist, and musicology instructor at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. A specialist in early America music, he has authored articles and reviews for scholarly journals as well as the book Musical Maryland (JHU Press, 2017). He has appeared on C-SPAN television, “History Detectives,” NPR and BBC radio. His concert career spans four decades, with wife Ginger Hildebrand; together they have also produced seven full-length CD recordings together since the early 1980s. David was for 20 years the director of the Colonial Music Institute.
The information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis, Inc.