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Title
The White-Smith minstrel opening chorus : No. 2 / composed and arranged for amateur & professional minstrel companies ; words by Wm. H. Gardner ; music by H. F. Odell
Creator
Odell, H. F. (Herbert Forrest), 1872-1926, composer
Contributor
White-Smith Music Pub. Co., publisher
Farmer & Sons (London, England), printer
Gardner, William Henry, 1865-1932
Gardner, William Henry, 1865-1932, lyricist
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1905
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; Blue, Gold, and white lithograph depicting minstrels performing on stage in blackface -- on front and back cover. ; "Fisher." ; Includes a note, and instructions for bones and tambos on page 2. ; Includes performance notes throughout. ; "The White-Smith Minstrel Opening Chorus No. 2 ; words by Wm. H. Gardner ; Music by H. F. Dell ; composed and arranged for amateur and professional minstrel companies" -- Verso title.
Extent
1 score (12 pages) ; 35 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T11
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/8548
Language
English
Subject
Blackface entertainers
Minstrel music
Minstrel shows--Songs and music
Songs with piano
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
Blackface
Racism in language
Popular music--United States
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1900's H-Z
T11
21
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the sheet music was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2019.

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