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| Blackface Minstrelsy 1830-1852 | ||
| A rich multimedia site from the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. ( http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/minstrel/mihp.html ) | ||
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| Blackface Minstrelsy | ||
| Overview and dialogue excerpts from contemporaneous minstrel shows. ( http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html ) | ||
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| Minstrels & Musicals | ||
| Images, audio clips, and historical overview from the Lift Every Voice pages at the University of Virginia Library. ( http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/minstrels.html ) | ||
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| History of the Banjo | ||
| Brief overview. ( http://bluegrassbanjo.org/hisbanjo.html ) | ||
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| Jim Crow | ||
| History of the term and song from the Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University. ( http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/who.htm ) | ||
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| Dan Emmett - The Man Who Wrote Dixie | ||
| Biographical sketch by Wayne Erbsen. ( http://www.nativeground.com/danemmett.asp ) | ||
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| Edwin Pearce Christy (1815-1862) | ||
| Biographical information and on founder of the Christy Minstrels. ( http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/christy.html ) | ||
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| Stephen Foster | ||
| Extensive multimedia site to accompany the film Stephen Foster from the PBS American Experience series. ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/ ) | ||
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| Stephen Collins Foster | ||
| Large collection of pages on Foster from the University of Pittsburgh's Center for American Music. ( http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/foster.htm ) | ||
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| Jeanie with the light brown hair (Stephen C. Foster) | ||
| Original sheet music at the Library of Congress' American Memory site. ( http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?mussm:27:./temp/~ammem_nn0V:: ) | ||
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| Julia Ward Howe | ||
| Biographical sketch of the author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" from the Women in American History site of Britannica On-Line. ( http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Howe_Julia_Ward.html ) | ||
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| The Music of John Philip Sousa | ||
| A guide to dates and a brief description of his music. ( http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/sousamus.htm ) | ||
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| Who Was John Philip Sousa? | ||
| Transcript of a round-table discussion on the PBS radio show Think Tank. ( http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript903.html ) | ||
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| Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry | ||
| Collection of over 100 early sound disc recordings, including many by John Philip Sousa. ( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/berlhtml/berlhome.html ) | ||
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| Band Music from the Civil War Era | ||
| A site from the Library of Congress American Memory pages featuring readings, images, and sound files on 19th century American brass. ( http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html/tnew ) | ||
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| www.pdmusic.org | ||
| For the words and music to the minstrel song "Jim Crow," many songs by James Bland, and "Old Zip Coon click Minstrel Songs. ( http://www.pdmusic.org/ ) | ||
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