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:
16 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Mar 1872, Evening
26 Mar 1872, Evening
27 Mar 1872, Evening
28 Mar 1872, Evening
29 Mar 1872, Evening
30 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;  Charles Templeton;  E. [minstrel tenor] Markham
2)
"Whisper it softly"
Composer(s): Moore
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
"Queen of the sea"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton
4)
"Big sun flower, The"
aka Big sunflower, The
Composer(s): Newcomb
Text Author: Newcomb
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
5)
"Erin ashore"
Composer(s): Catlin
Participants:  E. [minstrel tenor] Markham
6)
Delsarte's system
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel];  Charley Backus
7)
Mother Widdle Waddle
8)
Fool's revenge, The, [burlesque]
9)
"Kome and kiss me"
aka Come and kiss me; Kum and kiss me
Composer(s): Delehanty
Text Author: Delehanty

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 March 1872, 4.
2)
Review: New York Sun, 30 March 1872, 2.

Too faint to be legible; appears to be a review.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 April 1872, 6.