Dan Emmett and the Rise of Negro Minstrelsy

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Dan Emmett and the Rise of Negro Minstrelsy, paperback

The definitive work about Dan Emmett and the early years of the American minstrel era.

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Dan Emmett and the Rise of Negro Minstrelsy, paperback
By Hans Nathan
University of Oklahoma Press, copyright 1962 (Second printing, 1977 edition)

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Discover the Life and Times of the Enigmatic Man Who Literally Set the Stage for the American Pop Music Industry

Daniel Decatur Emmett:

Drummer, fifer, circus boy, banjoist, fiddler, dancer, singer, comedian, songwriter
Founder of musical group that launched the minstrel craze
Staunch Yankee
Composer of "Dixie"
Co-author of 1862 U.S. Army fife and drum manual

Fact-Filled Story of an American Entertainment Phenomenon that Spanned More than One-Hundred Years
This rare out-of-print book is the definitive work about Dan Emmett and the early years of the minstrel era. It gives you an in-depth look at Dan Emmett and reveals many little known facts and events that lead to the beginnings of the popular American tradition of blackface minstrelsy.

58 B&W Illustrations
119 Musical Examples
Heavily Footnoted

Contents

Negro Impersonations and songs in Late Eighteenth-Century England
The Activities of the English Composer Charles Dibdin
Negro Impersonations and Songs in the Early Thirties
Indigenous Negro Minstrel Types (1820-1840)
Negro Minstrel Dances
Dan Emmett's Youth
Emmett's Career in the Thirties
The Virginia Minstrels in New York and Boston
The Performance of the Virginia Minstrels
The Virginia Minstrels in Great Britain
The First Negro Minstrel Band and Its Origins
Early Minstrel tunes
Early Banjo Tunes and American Syncopation
Emmett's Activities During the Forties and Fifties
Emmett on the Stage of the Bryant's Minstrels and His Walk-Arounds
"Dixie"
Emmett's Later Life

Documents
Bibliography of the Works of D. D. Emmett
Anthology
Selective List of Sources
General Index
Index of Song Titles in Anthology

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Features

Condition: Excellent.
Illustrations: 58 Black and white illustrations.
Format: Large 6-3/4" by 9-1/2" pages make pictures and musical notation easy to see.
Includes: Bibliography of the Works of Dan Emmett and Selective List of Sources.
Heavily footnoted: Hundreds of citations.