Title:
Moon Behind the Hill
Additional Title:
Rumskey and Newcomb's American Melodies
First Line:
First Line of Chorus:
Creator(s):
- Bishop, T. Brigham
- Concanen, Alfred
Additional Names:
- Rumskey and Newcomb's Minstrels
Publication Date:
1870
Instrumentation:
Piano
Voice
Subject:
N/A
WIMA Collections:
Alfred Concanen Collection
ID:
AlCon SL 00-010
Publisher:
Hopwood & Crew
Publication Place:
London
Historical Notes
American W.W. Newcomb (1823-1877) organized Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels in 1857, playing in the United States, Canada, Cuba, England, and Germany. The group broke up in London in the Spring of 1862.
Monarchs of Minstrelsy, From "Daddy" Rice to Date by Edward Le Roy Rice (published 1911)