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Title
Fi, hi, hi : the Black Shakers song & polka / originally performed by Fellow's Minstrels ; written & composed by Even Horn of Fellows Ethiopean troupe
Creator
Horn, Even, composer
Contributor
Firth, Pond & Co., publisher
Hays & Son, engraver
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1851
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
The 1st work for voice, mixed chorus, and piano the 2nd work for piano. ; "Hays & Sons." ; Verse 2 printed as text on p. [4]. ; "Swain engvr."--Page 4. ; Verse 2 printed as text on page 4. ; Insert containing information about the song and the creator.
Extent
1 score (5 pages) ; 34 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T5
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/6709
Language
English
Subject
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
Popular music--United States--To 1901
African Americans--Songs and music
Shakers--Songs and music
Shaker women--Songs and music
African American Christians--Songs and music
Separation (Psychology)--Songs and music
Piano music
Polkas
Popular instrumental music--United States--To 1901
Minstrel music
Songs with piano
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
African American women
Scores. (lcgft)
Songs. (lcgft)
Popular music. (lcgft)
Minstrel music. (lcgft)
Polkas (Music) (lcgft)
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's D-F
T5
28
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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