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