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Briggs, T.F.(--)

Biographical Overview

Birth Date: (1824)
Death Date: (1854)

Notes

Troupe(s): Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-9, 1849)
Role: Banjo player
Info: Thomas F. Briggs was one of the best-known and best-travelled of the early banjo virtuosos. He was an early visitor to England, in the early 1840s, and probably toured to Northern Europe as well. He joined the Ethiopian Serenaders for its second incarnation in 1848, and stayed with G. W. Pell and Boz's Juba through at least late 1849, performing acts such as 'Susannah, Don't You Cry', 'Hard Times', and an instrumental duet (banjo & bones) with Pell. Briggs died in California shortly after arriving there for a tour, in the mid-1850s. An instructional book for the banjo with his name on it exists.

Troupe Affiliation

Troupe Name Troupe Type # of events
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 28 Aug. 1849 -28 Aug. 1849, Edinburgh Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 3 Sep. 1849 -5 Sep. 1849, Stirling Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 11 Sep. 1849 -14 Sep. 1849, Perth Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 19 Sep. 1849 -21 Sep. 1849, Perth Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 24 Sep. 1849 -28 Sep. 1849, Perth Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 29 Sep. 1849 -29 Sep. 1849, Forfar Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 1 Oct. 1849 -6 Oct. 1849, Forfar Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 27 Aug. 1849 -27 Aug. 1849, Edinburgh Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 6 Sep. 1849 -8 Sep. 1849, Stirling Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50), 29 Aug. 1849 -1 Sep. 1849, Edinburgh Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 21 Aug. 1848 -26 Aug. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 12 Jun. 1848 -17 Jun. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 19 Jun. 1848 -24 Jun. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 26 Jun. 1848 -1 Jul. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 3 Jul. 1848 -8 Jul. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 10 Jul. 1848 -15 Jul. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 17 Jul. 1848 -21 Jul. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 24 Jul. 1848 -29 Jul. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 31 Jul. 1848 -5 Aug. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 7 Aug. 1848 -12 Aug. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 14 Aug. 1848 -19 Aug. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 28 Aug. 1848 -2 Sep. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 4 Sep. 1848 -9 Sep. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 11 Sep. 1848 -16 Sep. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 18 Sep. 1848 -23 Sep. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 25 Sep. 1848 -30 Sep. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 2 Oct. 1848 -2 Oct. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 16 Oct. 1848 -21 Oct. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 23 Oct. 1848 -28 Oct. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 31 Oct. 1848 -3 Nov. 1848, Yorkshire: West Riding Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 7 Nov. 1848 -11 Nov. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 13 Nov. 1848 -18 Nov. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 20 Nov. 1848 -25 Nov. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 27 Nov. 1848 -2 Dec. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 4 Dec. 1848 -9 Dec. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 5 Feb. 1849 -10 Feb. 1849, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 21 Dec. 1848 -22 Dec. 1848, Warwickshire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 23 Dec. 1848 -23 Dec. 1848, Staffordshire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 12 Feb. 1849 -17 Feb. 1849, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 19 Mar. 1849 -24 Mar. 1849, Warwickshire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 9 Apr. 1849 -9 Apr. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 11 Dec. 1848 -18 Dec. 1848, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 26 Mar. 1849 -31 Mar. 1849, Warwickshire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 4 Apr. 1849 -7 Apr. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Mead, T., 16 Apr. 1849 -21 Apr. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 23 Apr. 1849 -28 Apr. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 21 May. 1849 -23 May. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 4 Jun. 1849 -8 Jun. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 11 Jun. 1849 -16 Jun. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 24 Feb. 1849 -24 Feb. 1849, Lancashire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 18 Dec. 1848 -20 Dec. 1848, Warwickshire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 5 Jun. 1849 -9 Jun. 1849, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 26 Dec. 1848 -30 Dec. 1848, Staffordshire Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 22 Jul. 1848 -22 Jul. 1848, Sussex Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 10 Oct. 1848 -12 Oct. 1848, Bristol Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 31 Jul. 1848 -31 Jul. 1848, London Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 2 Oct. 1848 -6 Oct. 1848, Bristol Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 7 Oct. 1848 -7 Oct. 1848, Bristol Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 24 Jul. 1848 -24 Jul. 1848, Sussex Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 19 Feb. 1849 -24 Feb. 1849, Newcastle upon Tyne Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 29 Jul. 1848 -29 Jul. 1848, Sussex Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 5 Aug. 1848 -5 Aug. 1848, Sussex Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 26 Feb. 1849 -3 Mar. 1849, Newcastle upon Tyne Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 2 Jan. 1849 -2 Jan. 1849, Warwickshire Minstrel 1

Event Naming Person

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety - Vauxhall Gardens, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Music Hall, Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire: West Riding Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Concert Hall, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Concert Hall, Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Liverpool, Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Royal Surrey Theatre, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic - Royal Surrey Theatre, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic - Royal Surrey Theatre, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic - Royal Surrey Theatre, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Store Street Music Hall, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Sadler's Wells, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show - Sadler's Wells, London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)

Sounds & Acts

Title Type Number of Events Found
1 Corn Husking Dance (Original) Dance 1 event(s)
2 Duet - Banjo and Bones Instrumental 18 event(s)
3 Duet - Tamborine and Banjo Instrumental 1 event(s)
4 Festival Dance (Original) Dance 7 event(s)
5 Festival, or Plantation Dances (Original) Dance 1 event(s)
6 Hard Times Song 2 event(s)
7 Marriage Festival Dance Dance 1 event(s)
8 Oh, Susannah, don't you cry Song 4 event(s)
9 Ohio Boatman Song 3 event(s)
10 Old Dan Tucker Song 5 event(s)
11 Plantation Dance, (Original) Dance 9 event(s)
12 Solo Song 1 event(s)