San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Conductor(s):
John B. Donniker

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 February 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1872, Evening
12 Mar 1872, Evening
13 Mar 1872, Evening
14 Mar 1872, Evening
15 Mar 1872, Evening
16 Mar 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Bobby Newcomb;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Billy West;  Juan [cornetist] Salcedo;  E. [minstrel tenor] Markham
2)
"Whisper it softly"
Composer(s): Moore
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
"Come where the moonbeams linger"
Composer(s): Buckley
Text Author: Eccles
Participants:  E. [minstrel tenor] Markham
4)
"Isabella with the gingham umbrella"
Composer(s): Clifton [composer-vocal]
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
5)
Comic songs
Participants:  Billy West
6)
Living photographs
aka Animated photographs; Living pictures of great artists; Living portraits
Participants:  Charley Backus
7)
"Kome and kiss me"
aka Come and kiss me; Kum and kiss me
Composer(s): Delehanty
Text Author: Delehanty
8)
Cornet solo
Participants:  Juan [cornetist] Salcedo
9)
Arrival of Kneelson, The
aka Arrival of Nilsson
10)
Broadway milliners, The
11)
"Meet my love at four"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
12)
Clodoche Troupe burlesque
aka Burlesque of the Clodoche Troupe

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 March 1872, 5.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 March 1872, 406.