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Store Street Music Hall

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Venue Type & Location

Concert Hall

Overview

  • Address: Store Street, Bedford Square. For a current map, Click Here.

  • Performance Space Description: Information about this venue has not yet been compiled; however, some sense of the performance space may be gleaned by following the links at right. In particular:

  • See the 'Bibliographic Sources' link for a provisional list of venue-relevant resources (both primary and secondary). Wherever possible (i.e. when the pertinent text is relatively short and/or easily condensed) this material has been transcribed, and appears beneath the appropriate bibliographic citation.

  • See the 'Events at venue' link for a listing of blackface/minstrelsy-related events that took place in this performance space (with attached bibliographic references).

    Beth Marquis

    • Troupes at Store Street Music Hall

    Film Affiliated people Film Type # of event(s)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Valintine, J.W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Briggs, T.F. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Pell, Gilbert W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ludlow, M.C. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Juba, Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Irwin, J.H. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Everton, J.H. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Farmer, Miss Dinah Band Definite Farmer, Miss Dinah
    Thornton, Miss Vocal Entertainment Definite Thornton, Miss

    Events at Store Street Music Hall

    Event Date Venue Location Film
    Minstrel Show - London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Concert - London, London (city-county) Thornton, Miss
    Concert - London, London (city-county) Farmer, Miss Dinah

    Bibliographic Sources

    View a list of abbreviations.

    • Era (London) May 20, 1849: 1: 2.
      Info in Record:
      • other (note about programmes at the Hall)
    • (Under Entertainment - Music & Musicians - list of public halls)
    • (Under Entertainment - Music and Musicians - list of public halls)
    • Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1974


      "“’Music hall’ had been used to describe what would now be considered concert halls, e.g. The Music Hall, Store Street, London, which specialized in recitals of sacred music”.
      (17)