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Title: Old folks at home : Ethiopian melody / as sung by Christy's Minstrels ; written and composed by E. P. Christy
Creator: Christy, Edwin Pearce, 1815-1862, composer
Contributor: Christy Minstrels, performer
Firth, Pond & Co., publisher
George F. Nesbitt & Co., printer, stationer
Christy, Edwin Pearce, 1815-1862, lyricist
Foster, Stephen C., creator
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: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Stephen Foster is the author and composer of this song, but he sold his right to have his name on the work to E.P. Christy. ; Advertisement on p. [6]: "The latest music for the piano-forte, published by Firth, Pond & Co." ; "Nesbitt and Co., printers and stationers."
Extent: 1 score (5 pages) ; 36 cm
Identifier: priJLC_SMUS Box T4
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/11941
Language: English
Subject: Popular music--United States--To 1901
African Americans--Songs and music
Minstrel music
Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.)--Songs and music
Songs with piano
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
Sheet music. (aat)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's Christy
T4
29
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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