Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Aug 1864, All Day
09 Aug 1864, All Day
10 Aug 1864, All Day
11 Aug 1864, All Day
12 Aug 1864, All Day
13 Aug 1864, All Day
Program Details
Play at 7:30 p.m.; other parts of program begin at 11 a.m.
Performers and/or Works Performed
2)
aka Zauberhorn;
Enchanted horn
3)
aka Orchestrion, The;
Grand orchestrion
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 07 August 1864.
2)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 08 August 1864.
The big success of the ‘Muzulm’ ballet pantomime of the Ravel troupe has led to the performance of another pantomime called ‘Der wunderbare Stuck’ or ‘Das Zauberhorn,’ which falls short of the previously mentioned act. The leading roles are performed by the same actors as in the other act.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 August 1864.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 August 1864.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 August 1864.
“THE GRAND ORCHESTRIAN will play at short intervals day and evening the most difficult and elaborate overtures and compositions with all the effect of a FULL ORCHESTRA OF 20 INSTRUMENTS.”
6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 August 1864.
7)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 August 1864, 150.
“There were big houses here last week to witness the performances of the pantomime troupe.”