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Your search for: "minstrel shows" OR "minstrel show" OR minstrelsy


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Research Topics on: "minstrel shows" OR "minstrel show" OR minstrelsy

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "minstrel shows" OR "minstrel show" OR minstrelsy

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    Minstrel Show
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    MINSTREL SHOW stage entertainment by white...the "father of American minstrelsy." The first public performance of a minstrel show was given in 1843 by the...In the first part of the minstrel show the company, in blackface...
     
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    Banjo
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Slaves brought it to America (by 1688) from W Africa, to which it may have come from Europe or Asia. It was played in minstrel shows in the 19th cent. It is used frequently in hillbilly and Southern folk music. Because of an incisive, percussive quality...
     
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    Foster, Stephen Collins
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...understanding it they provided him with little formal musical education. Fosters knowledge of African Americans was drawn from minstrel shows, particularly E. P. Christy s troupe, for which many of his songs were written. Because of their utter simplicity...
     
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    Jig
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...more persons, with quick and irregular steps. When the jig was introduced to the United States, it was often danced in minstrel shows. In instrumental music the gigue, the successor to the jig, was used by Bach and Handel in their suites...
     
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    Handy, W. C
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...songwriter and band leader, b. Florence, Ala. Largely self-taught, Handy began his career as a cornet player in a minstrel show in 1896, and later organized various small bands. He was among the first to set down the blues, and with his Memphis Blues...
     

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