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Dan Emmett

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Daniel Decatur "Dan" Emmett (October 29, 1815 – June 28, 1904) was an American songwriter, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. [1]

34 relations: A. Edward Sutherland, Abraham Lincoln, Actors Fund of America, Billy Whitlock, Bing Crosby, Biographical film, Blackface, Bryant's Minstrels, Columbus, Ohio, Dixie (film), Dixie (song), Dorothy Lamour, Entr'acte, Frank Brower, George G. Bruce, Irish Americans, Jump Jim Crow, Knox County, Ohio, Mechanics' Hall (New York City), Minstrel show, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Musical film, Mutopia Project, Newport, Kentucky, Percy Scholes, Polly Wolly Doodle, Richard Pelham, Snowden Family Band, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Southern United States, The Boatman's Dance, Thomas D. Rice, Virginia Minstrels, William Shakespeare Hays.

A. Edward Sutherland

Albert Edward Sutherland (January 5, 1895 – December 31, 1973) was a film director and actor.

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Actors Fund of America

The Actors Fund of America is a charitable organization that supports performers and behind-the-scenes workers in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 17,000 people directly each year.

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Billy Whitlock

. William M. "Billy" Whitlock (1813–1878) was an American blackface performer.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Biographical film

A biographical film, or biopic (abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people.

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Blackface

Blackface was and is a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person.

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Bryant's Minstrels

Bryant's Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe that performed in the mid-19th century, primarily in New York City.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.

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Dixie (film)

Dixie is a 1943 American biographical film of songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour.

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Dixie (song)

"Dixie," also known as "Dixie's Land," "I Wish I Was in Dixie," and other titles, is a popular song in the Southern United States.

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Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer.

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Entr'acte

(or entracte; German: and, Italian: intermezzo, Spanish) means "between the acts".

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Frank Brower

Francis "Frank" Marion Brower (November 20, 1823 – June 4, 1874) was an American blackface performer active in the mid-19th century.

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George G. Bruce

George G. Bruce was an American drum major during the Civil War, best known for co-writing The Drummer's and Fifer's Guide with Daniel Decatur Emmett.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

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Jump Jim Crow

"Jump Jim Crow" or "Jim Crow" (sometimes "John Crow") is a song and dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white minstrel performer Thomas Dartmouth (T. D.) "Daddy" Rice.

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Knox County, Ohio

Knox County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Mechanics' Hall (New York City)

Mechanics' Hall was a meeting hall and theatre seating 2,500 people located at 472 Broadway in New York City, United States.

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Minstrel show

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century.

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Mount Vernon, Ohio

Mount Vernon is a city in Knox County, Ohio, United States.

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Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Mutopia Project

The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books.

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Newport, Kentucky

Newport is a home rule-class city at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Percy Scholes

Percy Alfred Scholes M.A., Hon.D.Mus.

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Polly Wolly Doodle

"Polly Wolly Doodle" is a song first published in a Harvard student songbook in 1880, and was performed by the Yale Glee Club in 1878.

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Richard Pelham

Richard Ward "Dick" Pelham (February 13, 1815 – October 1876), born Richard Ward Pell, was an American blackface performer.

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Snowden Family Band

The Snowden Family Band was a 19th-century African American musical group.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents and maintains the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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The Boatman's Dance

The Boatman's Dance is a minstrel song credited to Dan Emmett in 1843 and arranged by Aaron Copland as part of his set of Old American Songs.

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Thomas D. Rice

Thomas Dartmouth Rice (May 20, 1808 – September 19, 1860), known professionally as Daddy Rice, was an American performer and playwright who performed blackface and used African-American vernacular speech, song, and dance to become one of the most popular minstrel show entertainers of his time.

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Virginia Minstrels

The Virginia Minstrels or Virginia Serenaders was a group of 19th-century American entertainers who helped invent the entertainment form known as the minstrel show.

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William Shakespeare Hays

William Shakespeare Hays (July 19, 1837 – July 23, 1907), was an American poet and lyricist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Emmett

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