Henry E. Abbey
(1846–1896)
John B. Schoeffel
(1846–1918)
Maurice Grau
(1849–1907)
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- Notes
- ↑ "Academy Theater, 245 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "Metropolitan Theatre / Academy of Music". History of Buffalo. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Death of Henry E. Abbey" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 October 1896. p. 25x. Retrieved 18 April 2017. NB Much detail about the Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau partnerships.
- ↑ Winsor 1881, p. 378.
- ↑ Brazilian violinist & conductor, see Gravenstein, Andre at MusicSack. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ Salgado 2003, p. 125-6.
- 1 2 "Impresario Grau Is Dead". The Sun. New York City. 15 March 1907. p. 9a.
- ↑ Herx, Stephen (1999). "Marcella Sembrich and Three Great Events at the Metropolitan". Opera Quarterly. 15 (1): 49–71. doi:10.1093/oq/15.1.49. (subscription required)
- ↑ Leavitt 1912, p. 420.
- ↑ Brown 1903, p. 254.
- 1 2 "John B. Schoeffel dies in Boston at 72" (PDF). New York Times. 31 August 1918. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ↑ Salgado 2003, p. 126?.
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- Salgado, Susana (2003). The Teatro Solís: 150 Years of Opera, Concert and Ballet in Montevideo. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819565945.
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