May Irwin : singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy /

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"Before Sophie Tucker "corked up" to entertain her audiences with ragtime songs in Negro dialect, and before Fanny Brice stumbled into the footlights in her rendition of the "Dying Swan," May Irwin (1862-1938) was the reigning queen of comedy and "coon" songs on th...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ammen, Sharon, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Irwin, May, > 1862-1938 > Criticism and interpretation.
Irwin, May, > 1862-1938
Minstrel shows > United States > History.
Minstrel music > United States > History and criticism.
Spectacles de ménestrels (Théâtre américain) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Musique de ménestrels (Théâtre américain) > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Minstrel music
Minstrel shows
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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