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Title
Julia am a beauty / written and composed by Nelson Kneass ; sung by Kneass' Opera Troupe
Creator
Kneass, Nelson, -1869, composer
Contributor
Sable Harmonists, performer
W.C. Peters & Sons, publisher
Kneass, Nelson, 1823-1868 or 1869, lyricist
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1848
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. ; Caption title. ; "Bauer & Kling Lith. No. 55, 3rd Street Louisville, Ky." ; "D. C. Chos." ; First line of text: Oh! Julia am a handsome gal. ; First line of chorus: Oh! Julia am a beauty. ; Black and white lithograph of the Sable Harmonists performing (in possible blackface). A man and a woman [African American or in blackface] are depicted dancing on each side of the cover page.
Extent
1 score (5 pages) ; 34 cm.
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T7
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/7704
Language
English
Subject
Popular music
Songs with piano
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
Minstrel music
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
African American women
African Americans--Songs and music
Popular music--United States
Blackface
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's I-R
T7
8
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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