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• Part one, A miniature minstrel show in four acts: The minstrel parade (Victor Orchestra ; Walter B. Rogers,conductor) (2:25) ; Mobile minstrels (Down when the band is playing ; Honey, you'se ma lady love) (Victor Minstrel Company) (3:11) ; Turkey specialty (Turkey in the straw) (Golden and Hughes) (2:56) ; Down on the Mississippi (levee & steamboat scenes) (American Quartet) (3:54)
• Part two, Early and obscure minstrel performers: Any rags (Burt Shepard) (1:46) ; Lily of Laguna (Eugene Stratton) (3:41) ; Old time minstrel scene (Tom Lewis) (3:07) ; The song birds are singing of you (James McCool) (2:40)
• Part three, Lew Dockstader's minstrel show: My sweetheart's the man in the moon (Manuel Romain) (3:31) ; Hippodrome minstrel medley (Manuel Romain) (2:09) ; Don't be an old maid, Molly (Harry Ellis) (2:17) ; Ring down the curtain, I can't sing to-night (Francklyn Wallace) (2:47) ; Boxing scene (Neil O'Brien ; James J. Corbett) (2:09) ; Roll them roly boly eyes (Al Bernard) (3:04) ; Ida, sweet as apple cider (Eddie Leonard) (3:06) ; Brass band Ephraham Jones (Al Jolson) (3:18) ; Dear old girl (Richard Jose) (4:22) ; Silver threads among the gold (Richard Jose) (2:47) ; Everybody works but Father (Lew Dockstader) (2:28) ; Uncle quit work, too (Lew Dockstader) (2:07) ; Fiddle, dee, dee (Lew Dockstader & quartette) (2:34)
• Part four, Cohan and Harris' minstrels: Roll on silvery moon (Matt Keefe) (2:59) ; In the good old summer time (William Redmond) (2:14) ; When you and I were young, Maggie (Will Oakland) (2:43) ; Reminiscing about minstrel days (Will Oakland) (1:13) ; Evalyne (Will Oakland and Billy Murray) (2:46) ; The belle of the barber's ball (Ada Jones and Billy Murray) (2:34) ; Oh, you coon (Ada Jones and Billy Murray) (2:23).

Contributors:

Bernard, Al, 1888-1949 , performer

Corbett, James J., 1866-1933 , performer

Dockstader, Lew

Ellis, Harry A. , performer

Golden, Billy, 1858-1926 , performer

Hughes, Joe, 1863- , performer

Jolson, Al, 1886-1950

Jones, Ada

Jose, Richard, 1862-1941 , performer

Keefe, Matt, 1867-1920 , performer

Leonard, Eddie, 1875-1941 , performer

Lewis, Tom, 1864-1927 , performer

McCool, James, 1875-1935 or 1936 , performer

Murray, Billy , performer

Oakland, Will, 1883-1956 , performer

O'Brien, Neil, approximately 1868-1954 , performer

Redmond, William (Singer) , performer

Rogers, Walter B., 1865-1939 , conductor

Romain, Manuel , performer

Shepard, Burt , performer

Stratton, Eugene, 1861-1918 , performer

Wallace, Franklyn , performer

American Quartet , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Victor Minstrel Company (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Victor Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Any rags

Belle of the barber's ball

Boxing scene

Brass band Ephraham Jones

Dear old girl

Don't be an old maid, Molly

Down on the Mississippi

Down when the band is playing

Evalyne

Everybody works but Father

Fiddle, dee, dee

Hippodrome minstrel medley

Honey, you'se ma lady love

Ida, sweet as apple cider

In the good old summer time

Lily of Laguna

Minstrel parade

Mobile minstrels

My sweetheart's the man in the moon

Oh, you coon

Old time minstrel scene

Reminiscing about minstrel days

Ring down the curtain, I can't sing to-night

Roll on silvery moon

Roll them roly boly eyes

Silver threads among the gold

Song birds are singing of you

Turkey in the straw

Turkey specialty

Uncle quit work, too

When you and I were young, Maggie

Related Works:

Back in your own back yard [by Jolson, A.]

Subjects:

Minstrel music

Minstrel shows

Popular music

United States

General Notes:

"Contains racially derogatory language"--Original container.
Originally issued as compact disc.
Program and biographical notes, with discographical information and bibliography (22 p. : some col. ill., some col. ports.) from original container.
Various performers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (78 min., 19 sec.))

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

OCLC Numbers:

1053546557

Other Control Numbers:

556310 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP556310/amso