Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryant's Opera House (W. 23d St.)

Conductor(s):
James Morrison

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
15 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
16 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  James A. [baritone] Barney;  Louis [minstrel] Braham;  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
2)
Uncle Eph's dream
aka My old Kentucky home
Text Author: White
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
3)
Women's rights lecture
aka Woman's rights lecture; Women's suffrage speech
Participants:  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb
4)
"Flowers fresh flowers"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Louis [minstrel] Braham
5)
"My little one's waiting for me"
Composer(s): Barney
Text Author: Barney
Participants:  James A. [baritone] Barney
6)
"Buzz away musketo"
aka Buzz away mosquito; Buzzing musketo; Buzz away musketer
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
7)
"Dublin Bay; or, The wreck of the emigrant ship"
Composer(s): Barker
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
8)
"Bird on the tree, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
9)
Live ingin, The
aka Live injun
Participants:  Dan Bryant
10)
"My old Kentucky home"
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 November 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 November 1871, 270.