Christian Martyrs

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum and Van Amburgh’s Museum

Manager / Director:
Phineas Taylor Barnum

Price: $.30, general admission; $.15, children under 10

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Feb 1867, 2:00 PM
04 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
05 Feb 1867, 2:00 PM
05 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
06 Feb 1867, 2:00 PM
06 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
07 Feb 1867, 2:00 PM
07 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
08 Feb 1867, 2:00 PM
08 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
09 Feb 1867, 2:00 PM
09 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Barnum and Van Amburgh’s Museum, corps de ballet;  Emma [dancer] Schell
2)
Christian martyrs
Text Author: Brougham
3)
Christian martyrs, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker
4)
Egyptian dance

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 02 February 1867.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 February 1867, 7.
3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 February 1867.

No mention of music.

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 February 1867, 350, col. 2, top.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 February 1867, 358, 2d col., middle.

“The music has been written expressly for the piece by Mr. Thomas Baker.”