Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Price: $1; $.50 upper circle
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
4 November 2024
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
07 Jan 1873, 2:00 PM
07 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
Citations
1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 December 1872, 5.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 31 December 1872, 4.
Auspices of the Equestrian Benefit Association of the United States.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 January 1873, 318.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 January 1873, 7.
“250 artists have volunteered.”
5)
Announcement: New York Sun, 06 January 1873, 2.
6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 January 1873, 5.
Brief; “The entertainments were chiefly of the variety and circus order. The attendance was considerable.”
7)
Article: New-York Times, 08 January 1873, 4.
Barnum’s remarks at the evening performance concerning whether he will rebuild his large New York museum and menagerie.
8)
Review: New York Post, 08 January 1873, 3.
Moderately well attended; includes Barnum’s remarks.
9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 January 1873, 326.
10)
Announcement: New-York Times, 16 January 1873, 4.
Barnum’s plans to build a museum in New York after all.
11)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 January 1873, 334.
Brief; no mention of music.
