Walter Freer in Glasgow - 1 December, 1860
from My Life and Memories, pages 37-38:
Another “turn” which was very popular in the ’fifties and ’sixties was a concert party called Dr. Mark’s Little Men. They used to perform in Glasgow fairly often, and I remember going to hear them on several occasions.
Dr. Mark was a Manchester man, and the little men were young boys of Scots, English, Welsh, and Irish nationality whom he had gathered round him. Sometimes he had charge of no fewer than 400 lads, all trained painstakingly by himself in solo and choir singing, and this phalanx used to tour the country, giving concerts here, there and everywhere.
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Walter Freer, My Life and Memories (Glasgow, ), p. 37-38. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1412782763988 accessed: 2 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersThree Cheers for the Red, White and Blue | performed by Dr. Mark's Little Men |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1 December, 1860 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:39:24 +0100