A TRIFLE OF MUSICK

Cello Music Sold to Philadelphians by Michael Hillegas, First Treasurer of the US

Sunday, June 13th at 3pm

Gloria Dei, Old Swedes' Church • 916 S Swanson St, Philadelphia PA 19147

 

Tickets: $30 general, $15 student with ID 

 

Michael Hillegas, who became the first Treasurer of the United States, sold high quality musical instruments, music supplies and sheet music from his home on Second Street in Philadelphia. Hillegas’ catalogue included fascinating cello repertoire by Giacobbe Cervetto, Salvatore Lanzetti, and Johann Zewalt Triemer among others. These imaginative cellist/composers, though little known today, set the foundations of virtuoso cello technique. Come hear what Philadelphia cellists played at home in 1764!