Article on the Musical Mutual Protective Union

Event Information

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Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 January 2026

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Oct 1863

Performers and/or Works Performed

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Musical Mutual Protective Union (1863-186x?)

Citations

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Article: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 06 October 1863, 8.

“…the price increase.  These same gentlemen were in agreement with it, so they told the musicians that they could no longer afford to give out complimentary drinks in the liberal manner they had previously allowed at their bar.  Consequently, the musicians thought it best to leave the establishment and not to play for those two days.”