Bryants’ Minstrels Vocal Quartet Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)

Price: $1

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 June 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 May 1870, 2:00 PM

Program Details

To benefit the “Bryant vocal quartet” of Brandisi, Rockefeller, Grier, and Russell.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 May 1870, 46.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 May 1870, 3.

“The celebrated Bryant vocal quartet—Messrs. Brandisi, Rockefeller, Grier and Russell—will have their annual benefit at Bryant’s Minstrel Hall on Thursday afternoon next. The entire troupe, together with other artists of ability, will lend their assistance on the occasion, and the lovers of good music will enjoy a rich treat of harmonious melodies.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1870, 8.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 16 May 1870, 5.

For quartet benefit. There is an additional and nearly identical announcement in the New York Herald on 05/19/70, p. 4.

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 May 1870, 54.

“The Quartet of Bryant’s Minstrels, consisting of Russell, Grier, Brandisi and Rockefeller, take a benefit…The quartet is composed of some of the best singers in the profession.”