Madison Early Music Festival Presents the Newberry Consort
Beautiful Dreamer: The Music of Lincoln's America
Event Details
Date
Friday, July 13, 2012
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
Mills Concert Hall, Mosse Humanities Building
Description
Presented originally in conjunction with an exhibition at the Newberry Library from the Library of Congress, With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition, the Newberry Consort presents rarely-heard music from 1860s America: popular songs, minstrel music, and country music, as well as the spectacular art music of America's first bona fide virtuosos, Louis Gottschalk and William Morris. A night of stories, songs, and minstrel comic acts will bring Lincoln's America to life.
Cost
$20
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