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Title
Nigger, nigger never die / words by Wm. Osborne ; music by Nellie Sylvester
Alternative Title
San Francisco examiner. Musical supplement.
Creator
Sylvester, Nellie
Composer
Osborne, William
Lyricist
Primrose, George H., 1852-1919
Performer
Primrose and Wests' Minstrels
Other
Date Created and/or Issued
c1898
Publication Information
The Examiner
San Francisco
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Collection
California Sheet Music Project
Rights Information
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Description
For voice and piano.
Cover title.
"A Coon simplicity. George Primrose big hit with Primrose and Wests' Minstrels, sung in connection with the animated song sheet"--ill. t.p.
"Supplement to the San Francisco Examiner, March 13, 1898"--ill. t.p.
T.p. illustration: personified musical notation and portrait drawing of Geo. H. Primrose.
First line of text: When I was pickaninny.
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: No
Illustrated cover: Yes
Advertisements: No
California State Library.
Type
image
Format
Chromolithographs.
Song sheets.
Extent
1 score (4 p.) : col. ill., port. ; 28 x 36 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00166770
Subject
Songs with piano
African American children--Songs and music
African Americans in popular culture--Songs and music
Entertainers
Singers
Minstrels
Men
Clothing & dress
United States--California--San Francisco
Chromolithographs
Song sheets
Place
United States
California
San Francisco

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