Dan Emmett and the rise of early Negro minstrelsy
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xiv, 496 pages : 25 cm
Includes unacc. melodies
"Bibliography of the works of D.D. Emmett": pages 290-306: "Anthology" (principally melodies with piano acc.) : p. 311-491
1. Negro impersonations and songs in late 18th century England -- 2. The activities of the English composer Charles Dibdin -- 3. Negro impersonations and songs in the early republic -- 4. Indigenous Negro minstrel types (1820-1840) -- 5. Negro minstrel dances -- 6. Dan Emmett's youth -- 7. Emmett's career in the thirties -- 8. The Virginia Minstrels in New York and Boston -- 9. The performance of the Virginia Minstrels in New York and Boston -- 10. The Virginia Minstrels in Great Britain -- 11. The first Negro Minstrel Band and its origins -- 12. Early minstrel tunes -- 13. Early banjo tunes and Merican syncopation -- 14. Emmett's activities during the 40s and 50s -- 15. Emmett on the stage of the Bryant's minstrels and his walk-arounds -- 16. "Dixie" -- 17. Emmett's later life
Includes unacc. melodies
"Bibliography of the works of D.D. Emmett": pages 290-306: "Anthology" (principally melodies with piano acc.) : p. 311-491
1. Negro impersonations and songs in late 18th century England -- 2. The activities of the English composer Charles Dibdin -- 3. Negro impersonations and songs in the early republic -- 4. Indigenous Negro minstrel types (1820-1840) -- 5. Negro minstrel dances -- 6. Dan Emmett's youth -- 7. Emmett's career in the thirties -- 8. The Virginia Minstrels in New York and Boston -- 9. The performance of the Virginia Minstrels in New York and Boston -- 10. The Virginia Minstrels in Great Britain -- 11. The first Negro Minstrel Band and its origins -- 12. Early minstrel tunes -- 13. Early banjo tunes and Merican syncopation -- 14. Emmett's activities during the 40s and 50s -- 15. Emmett on the stage of the Bryant's minstrels and his walk-arounds -- 16. "Dixie" -- 17. Emmett's later life
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Cut-off text on some pages due to tight binding
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