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Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor USA UND KANADA Account of the terrific and fatal riot at the New-York Astor Place opera house, on the night of May 10th, 1849; With the quarrels of Forrest and Macready, including all the causes which led to that awful tragedy! Wherein an infuriated mob was quelled by the public authorities and military, with its mournful termination in the sudden death or mutilation of more than fifty citizens, with full and authentic particulars, New York 1849 Affron, Charles / Affron, Mirella Jona: Grand opera. The story of the MET, Berkeley 2014 Ahlquist, Karen Ethel: Democracy at the opera. Music, theater, and culture in New York City, 1815-1860, Urbana/Chicago 1997 Albrecht, Otto E.: Opera in Philadelphia, 1800-1830, in: Journal of the American Musicological Society 32 (1979), 499-515 Armstrong, W. 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