Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 December 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Jan 1866, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Christy's Minstrels; Napoleon W. Gould; Charles [Christy's Minstrels] Melville; George N. Christy; Frank [minstrel] Leslie

2)

Christy’s brass band

3)

Double-bedded room, The

aka Double bedded room, The

Text Author: Morton

4)

"Kiss me goodnight, Mother"

Composer(s): Thomas

Participants: Frank [minstrel] Leslie

5)

"Come home, Father"

Composer(s): Work

Participants: Charles [Christy's Minstrels] Melville

6)

Dulcimer swypes

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 27 January 1866.

Matinee.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 January 1866.