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(MUSIC.) MINSTRELSY. MIS-
CELLANEOUS LOT OF 26 PIECES OF
ENGRAVED AND LITHOGRAPHED
19th CENTURY SHEET MUSIC.
Original Christy Minstrels * White’s
Serenaders * Harmoneon’s Carolina
Melodies * Harrigan and Hart,
“Slavery Days,” Ethiopian Quadrilles
by Henry Oakey * The Sable
Harmonists * James Bland’s Great
Ethiopian Songs * The Days When I
was Young by Charlie Howard * Old
Black Joe, by Stephen Foster * Young
Eph’s Lament * Christy Minstrels’
Massa’s in the Cold Ground * I’d Like
to See Ol’ Massa’s Face Again *
Freedom on the Old Plantation *
”Liberty” No. 4” from Uncle’s Tom’s
Cabin * “Friend, said Phineas, Thee
isn’t wanted here” from Uncle Tom’s
Cabin * Uncle Tom’s Religion * We
are Coming Sister Mary (with a chromolithographic cover) Nicodemus Johnson
by Charley Pettingill, many more.
uniform folio, 3-5 pages, engraved or lithographed
sheet music, many with pictorial covers showing the various performers and scenes;
removed from a larger album or albums; some foxing and toning.
CONDITION VARIES
;
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
Vp, 1840’s to 1880’s
[3,000/5,000]
An attractive and varied group of original engraved or lithographed sheet music by some by the top
composers and performers of the day, covering a span from the 1840’s to the 1880’s. Most have
themes relative to slavery, such as “The Slave Ship” or “Freedom on the Old Plantation.” Many of
these covers are pictorial. Includes songs by Stephen Foster, and African American composer James
Bland. In the latter part of the 19th century most middle income homes had pianos, and songs like
these were immensely popular on both sides of the Mason Dixon Line.
