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A gathering of twenty-three (23) items promoting performances by and/or exploiting Black entertainers spanning the years 1829 and 1907. Most of the items are sheet music, with one printed flyer and one illustrated printed flyer. White people in black face and Minstrelsy are well represented, as well as at least a couple of examples that promote actual Black entertainers. It is unclear how much agency these performers had in shaping their careers. A stark visual reminder of the ubiquity of racist stereotypes in entertainment throughout American history. The items include (in chronological order): "The Coal Black Rose, The Words written by White Snyder and Sung with unbounded applause by Mr. W. Kelley. Arranged for Piano & Guitar". Two leaves of engraved sheet music (11.25" by 8.25"), printed on rectos only. Complete. Engraving of black man in a rose on first leaf, black man playing banjo on the second; both stereotypical depictions. Philadelphia: Published for the Author, 1829. Plate mark visible. Some light foxing. "Jim Along Josey". New York: Firth and Hall, 1840. Sheet music (12.75" by 9"), first leaf only, with title and caricature of Black entertainer on recto and music staves on verso. Ink stamp of G. Williams to recto. Toned. "Massa Vite & Sally Snowball . Sung by Mr. T.D. Rice, & Mr. W. West at the Surrey & Victoria Theatres". London: W.J. Horn, 1840s. Engraved title page only (13.5" by 10"), with engraved depiction of stereotypical performer on recto and beginning of music staves on verso. Toned. Tape repair. "The Original Mary Blane, A Popular N***er Melody, sung with Universal Applause by all the Ethiopian Singers . by H. Delma". London: Duncombe & Moon, 1840s. Engraved sheet music (13.25" by 9.25"), first leaf only and lacking rest of music. Features title and illustration of five Black performers with their instruments on recto, with beginning of music on verso. Plate mark visible. Light toning, tape repair. Printed poster advertising prize dancing contest between "Champions of the World" Hank Mason and Mickey Warren at the Boston Melodeon. Depicts both men in wood engraved images. Boston: Forrest, 1859. Measures 18.75" by 6". Toned, some short tears, one tape repair to lower right-hand side. Verso blank. "Dixiesland Polka". London, 1880s. Chromolithographed title-page (13.25" by 10") for sheet music (lacking). Depicts stereotypical Black people dancing in center of green oval. "Susanna, Don't You Cry! Negro Melody sung by the Christy Minstrels". Authorised Edition. New York: C. Holt, 1880s. Sheet music (13.25" by 9.5"), first leaf only, with illustrated title on recto and staves on verso. Lithographic depiction of a stereotypical rendering of a black couple on recto. Lacking subsequent leaves. "Thearle's Original Nashville Students Give a Portion of Concert in Plantation Costumes". [Aquatint?] poster depicting eight Black entertainers in "Plantation Costume" in front of a steam boat traveling down a river. Chicago: Goes & Quinsel, c1884. Measures 7" by 10.25". Toned, water stain and tape remnants to verso. "Hie Away Ole Satan. Words and Music by M.H. Rosenfeld". Boston: White, Smith & Company, c1885. Engraved sheet music (13.25" by 10"), pp. 6, with lithographic title-page, depicting in caricature a Black woman protecting baby from a contemporary politician(?) stylized as the devil. Lightly toned. Dedicated to "Mr. J.H. Sayers of Thatcher Primrose & Wests Minstrels." "Happy Darkies Barn Dance by Arthur E. Godfrey". London: Robert Cocks & Co., 1892. Sheet music (13.5" by 9.5"), pp. 8, with chromolithographed title-page on front depicting stereotypical group of Black people dancing in a barn. Toned. Tape to right-hand margin, spine chipped. "Ambrolena Snow: An Afro-American Military Ballad by Bodine and Maywood". Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons Co, 1897. Sheet music (13.75" by 10.25"), pp. 4, with chromolithographed title-page on first leaf recto depicting caricature of a Black woman in upper-class dress. Ink ownership. N° de ref. del artículo 210007348
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