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(MUSIC.)WESTON,HORACE.
The Seek No Further March.
3 pages,
folio. Original engraved cover showing
Weston with his five-string banjo; paper
toned, some very slight wear.
Philadelphia: S. S. Stewart, 1883
[400/600]
Horace Weston (1825-1890) was one of the
biggest African-American stars of the minstrel
stage during its heyday. Born free in
Connecticut, he began his career with
Buckley’s Serenaders in 1863, but spent most
of his active years with the Georgia Minstrels.
In 1873 he became the first African American
performer featured in a special role when the
UncleTom’s Cabin Company toured Europe.
Toward the end of his career he performed
with Ringling Brother, Barnum and Bailey’s
“Greatest Show on Earth.
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(MUSIC.)
Group of 33 programs for performances by African American
artists, including several for plays by African American playwrights.
SIZE VARIES
GREATLY
,
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
Vp, 1911-1958
[750/1,000]
Includes: a souvenir program from the Washington Conservatory at the Howard Theatre for
June 16th 1911; Library of Congress, music by African American composers; recital programs
for Lillian Evanti, Marian Anderson, Roland Hayes, Abbie Mitchell, Charlotte Wallace
Murray, Will Marion Cook, Lawrence Whisonant, Aubrey Pankey, Gertrude Parthenia
McBrown, Leonea B. Dudley and Eva B. Dyckes, a rare program of “Americana” sponsored
byThe Book Shop inWashington D.C., that included performances by Lead Belly (sic), Billie
Holiday, Meade “Lux” Lewis, and a performance of Earl Robinson’s “Ballad for Americans.”
Also includes programs for Langston Hughes “Simply Heavenly,” based on the Simple stories
and Hughes’ play “Mulatto.”
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