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

"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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Bibliographic Details
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.
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Online Access:Texto completo