For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; Includes a note and instructions for bones and tambos on page 2. ; "Witmark Popular Publications" -- on cover. ; Advertisement on page [16]: "The Witmark Minstrel Overtures." ; Lavendar, black and white lithograph depicting minstrels performing on stage in [blackface].
Blackface Blackface entertainers Minstrel music Popular music--1901-1910 Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with piano Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with piano Songs with piano Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States Women Sleep Advertising Love--Songs and music Nostalgia Ragtime music Racism in language African Americans--Songs and music Popular music--United States Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1900's H-Z T11 23 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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