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<b>Troupes:</b>
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<LI>Tremont Serenaders (1847)
<li>Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
<LI>Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
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<b>Moniker(s):</b>
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<LI>“the American De Brenner, the comic violin and banjo player”
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<b>Common Acts:</b>
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<LI> Violin Solo
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<b>Representative Contemporary Description/Review:</b>
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<LI><i><b> Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal </i> March 21, 1850: 5: 4. </b><br>
“Mr. De Brenner, in his violin solo, quite astonished us. To play the violin under the leg, behind the back, with the bow, and sometimes with the bow in his mouth, is no easy task – yet Mr. De Brenner managed to do all this, and in a style, too, which the house did not forget to mark with their approbation.”
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