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Title
Our states : the Crest minstrel overture and opening chorus / arranged by Isidore Witmark
Creator
Witmark, Isidore, 1871-1941, arranger of music
Contributor
M. Witmark & Sons, publisher
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1917
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. ; Illustrated title page in blue and white, a scene of minstrels on stage performing in various stereotypical ethnic costumes ; two minstrels performing in blackface. ; "Songs selected from "Minstrel Songs Old and New" by permission of C. H. Ditson Co."-- page 2. ; Advertisement on page [2]: unnumbered page re: "one more day" and "the night wind." ; Advertisement on unnumbered pages [19-20]: "starlight love" ; "The Witmark minstrel overtures." ; Includes directions for tambourines and bones and a note regarding the Overture and Opening Chorus. Also includes directions re: announcements by the interlocutor.
Extent
1 score (18 pages , 1 unnumbered page) ; 35 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T10
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/8171
Language
English
Subject
Songs with piano
Blackface
Songbooks, English--United States
Minstrel shows--Songs and music
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano
Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with piano
Minstrel music
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
African American women
African Americans--Songs and music
Popular music--United States
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1900's A-G
T10
4
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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