San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Conductor(s):
W. Mullaly

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Dec 1874, Evening
22 Dec 1874, Evening
23 Dec 1874, Evening
24 Dec 1874, Evening
25 Dec 1874, Evening
25 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
26 Dec 1874, Evening
26 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine;  Arthur Bent
2)
"Creep close to my heart, little darling"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
3)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  David S. Wambold
4)
"Menagerie"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
5)
"Sweet Genevieve"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
6)
"Betsy and I are out"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]
7)
Bertha, the sewing machine girl
Text Author: Foster
8)
Black statue, The
9)
Cornet solo
Participants:  Arthur Bent

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 December 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 January 1875, 318.

“…W. S. Mullaly’s orchestra deserve a word of praise and the excellence of the part-singing is noticeable…attendance has been fair.”