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Eureka Press Minstrel Shows And Songs: An Archival Collection Of Early American Books And Documents
The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was a popular form of ‘black face’ entertainment in early 19th century America, influencing American vernacular songs and stage performances, but its popularity travelled beyond America, across both the Atlantic and the Pacific. When Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Yokohama on 1853, for example, the American sailors organized a blackface minstrel band and performed the minstrels’ hit songs.This 4-volume facsimile collection focuses on early minstrelsy material, particularly songs and performance records. Included are songbooks of famous Christy Minstrels, a performance guide for amateur troupes, sheet music and playbills, books that explore minstrelsy history. Numerous photos, illustrations and plates are also included. The material gathered together is a unique and valuable primary source on the early history of American popular culture. Moreover, it provides an important historical view of the discriminative stereotypes of African American people from which they still suffer.
£900.00
Eureka Press American Negro Spirituals (ES 4-vol. set)
Published by EPM in Japan and distributed outside of Japan by Routledge- The first major reprint collection of African-American music, including negro spirituals, slave songs, and African-American folk songs: crucial cultural artefacts for those seeking to understand the development of African-American culture and its acceptance by mainstream American society.- The collection brings together nine publications published from the Civil War to the early twentieth century when interest in African-American music started rapidly to develop outside its own milieu.- Indispensable source of information to research the development of African-American culture, music, religion, and social movement.
£750.00
