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Title
Stop dat knocking : a duett sung by one in imitation of two rival niggers Gumbo & Sambo / composed and sung by A. F. Winnemore
Creator
Winnemore, A. F. (Anthony F.), composer
Contributor
B.W. Thayer & Co., lithographer
Virginia Serenaders, performer
Winnemore, A. F. (Anthony F.), lyricist
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1843
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 caption. ; Black and white lithograph of the four Virginia Minstrels performing on stage in blackface. Sketches of minstrel scenes are in the background. ; Verse 2 printed as text on page 5. ; "The person singing this should recite Sambo's part in an under tone werry gutteralknocking on der floor wid his heel."
Extent
1 score (5 pages) ; 34 cm.
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T9
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/7406
Language
English
Subject
Blackface
Songs with piano
Popular music--United States--To 1901
Minstrel music
Humorous songs
African Americans--Songs and music
Sheet music (aat)
Scores. (lcgft)
Songs. (lcgft)
Minstrel music. (lcgft)
Humorous songs. (lcgft)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's V-Z
T9
2
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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