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Title
Old folks at home : Ethiopian melody / as sung by Christy's Minstrels written & composed by E. P. Christy
Creator
Christy, Edwin Pearce, 1815-1862, composer
Contributor
Christy Minstrels, performer
Firth, Pond & Co., publisher
Christy, Edwin Pearce, 1815-1862, lyricist
Quidor, George W., approximately 1817- engraver
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
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Description
For voice, piano, and guitar. ; Title from cover. ; "Quidor Engvr."
Extent
1 score (5 pages) ; 35 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T4
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/6958
Language
English
Subject
Songs with piano
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
Popular music--United States--To 1901
African Americans--Songs and music
Minstrel music
Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.)--Songs and music
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's Christy
T4
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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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