Beethoven Hall (1874–78) was an auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, that hosted musical performances and other entertainments in the 1870s.[1] It sat on Washington Street, near Boylston Street, in today's Boston Theater District/Chinatown neighborhood.[2] The architect was William Washburn,[3] who had also designed the first National Theatre and the second Tremont Temple.
In 1879 the renovated hall re-opened as the Park Theatre.[4] The building survived until 1990, when it was razed.[5]
Performances
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- Annie de Montford, mesmerist[6]
- Charlotte Cushman[7]
- Mrs. Adelia Dauncey Maskell ("celebrated English Star Reader")[8]
- Berger Family and Sol Smith Russell[9]
- Buckley's Serenaders[10][11]
- Callender's Georgia Minstrels[12]
- Marius Cazeneuve's "grand soirees of prestidigitation and anti-spiritualistic seances"[13]
- Buffalo Bill combination[14]
- Tomasi's Grand Juvenile English Opera[15]
- Brown's Brigade Band[16]
- Lingards and Company[17]
- G.B. Bunnell's "living human wonders from the New American Museum, New York City"[18]
References
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- ^ Dwight's journal of music, Oct. 17, 1874
- ^ Boston business directory. 1879
- ^ City of Boston: Report of the Inspector of Buildings for the Year 1874 (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1875)
- ^ Moses King (1881), Kings Handbook of Boston, M. King, OCLC 778544, OL 23442502M
- ^ Sweeney, Emily. Once a relic of the past, earthy art form sees a revival. Boston Globe, 09 April 2009
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 18, 1874
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, Sept. 30, 1874
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, 5 February, 1876
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, 5 February, 1876
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, Sept. 20, 1875
- ^ Edward Le Roy Rice (1911), Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date, New York city, N.Y: Kenny publishing company, OL 6527294M
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, 5 April, 1877
- ^ Milbourne Christopher. Magic: A Picture History. USA: Courier Dover Publications, 1991
- ^ Boston Evening Transcript, January 13, 1877
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, January 24, 1877
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 17, 1877
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, April 19, 1878
- ^ Boston Daily Globe, March 9, 1878