Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Price: $.50 adults for matinee; $.25 children for matinee

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 January 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM
03 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM
04 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM
05 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM
06 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM
07 Apr 1866, 2:00 PM
07 Apr 1866, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The Saturday evening performance was a benefit for W. S. Budworth.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Christy's Minstrels; Napoleon W. Gould; William S. Budworth; George Guy [baritone]; Willie Guy [minstrel]; Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck; George N. Christy; Frank [minstrel] Leslie

2)

"Sweet be thy repose"

aka Sweet be thy dreams

Composer(s): Thomas

Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]

Participants: Napoleon W. Gould

3)

Composer(s): Budworth

Participants: William S. Budworth

4)

"Lady love, the flowers are sleeping"

Composer(s): Osborne

Participants: Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck

5)

aka Comic ditty

Participants: George N. Christy

6)

"Beautiful isle of the sea," [song]

Composer(s): Thomas

Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]

Participants: Frank [minstrel] Leslie

7)

8)

"Robin Ruff and Gaffer Green"

Participants: Frank [minstrel] Leslie; Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck

9)

Perfect cures, The

aka Perfect cure

10)

Quartet, brass, unidentified

Composer(s): Unknown composer

11)

aka Stocks up and stocks down

12)

Miller and his men, The, [minstrel version]

aka Miller and his man

13)

"How are you, greenbacks?"

aka How are you greenbacks?; How are you green-backs? ; How are you, greenbacks!; We're comin', Fadder Abram; We're coming, Fadder Abram; We're coming, Father Abram

Composer(s): Glover

Text Author: Griffin, Bowers

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 02 April 1866, 5.

Gives program.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 April 1866.

“A choice and select programme for the occasion, calculated expressly to tickle the juvenile community as well as please family parties.”