Christian Schultz, Jr., Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States, Volume II (New York, 1810), 197-198.

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Title

Christian Schultz, Jr., Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States, Volume II (New York, 1810), 197-198.

Includes music itself or text of song

no

Identity of singers; solo/group

free?
group

Voice/instrument

instrument
drums

Space/room

street?

activity

alerting public in the street

Geographical location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Excerpt

In the evening, on their return from the scene last mentioned, they may probably be attracted by the noise of a drum, which upon inquiry, they will be told is only a mode of giving notice to the public, that a performance at the theatre will commence in the evening!!! I heard a gentleman from the eastward exclaim, on returning from a Sunday tour through the city "O where are our selectmen of Salem"

Context

Schultz describes his walk through the town and his encounter with Black Americans. He said that the sound of a drum alerts the public of a performance in a theater.

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