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.
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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