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Minstrelsy may refer to: The art of the medieval minstrel The 19th-century American minstrel show This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Minstrelsy
19th- and 20th-century American form of musical theater
The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white
Minstrel_show
Using digital depictions of black people for self-expression
insidious forms of contemporary racism" and has been compared to historical minstrelsy by Black individuals and social justice advocates. In his 2006 master’s
Digital_blackface
Theatrical makeup caricaturing Black people
works such as opera into popular terms for a general audience. Although minstrelsy began with white performers, by the 1840s there were also many all-Black
Blackface
Book by John Collingwood Bruce
Northumbrian Minstrelsy is a book of 18th- and 19th-century North East of England folk songs and pipe music, intended to be a lasting historical record
Northumbrian_Minstrelsy
Collection of ballads edited by Walter Scott
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border is an anthology of Border ballads, together with some from north-east Scotland and a few modern literary ballads, edited
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Minstrelsy_of_the_Scottish_Border
Type of entertainer in medieval Europe
individuals working in the tradition existed even into the early 19th century. Minstrelsy became a central concern in English literature in the Romantic period
Minstrel
Dance in musical theatre
Musical theatre dance is known for its dance styles used in it. It's a type of dancing that is popular in musical theatre. The dancers are referred to
Musical_theatre_dance
Musical artist
United States. Coes was born in Providence, Rhode Island in about 1828. Minstrelsy was America's first original contribution to the theater arts. It was
George_H._Coes
American song
riverboatsman (usually named "Gumbo Chaff") became a popular character in minstrelsy for a time. Blackface singers would often perform "Gumbo Chaff" with a
Gumbo_Chaff
Entertainment genre
Vaudeville developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums, and literary American burlesque. Called "the
Vaudeville
American minstrel performer (1808–1860)
show entertainers of his time. He is considered the "father of American minstrelsy". His act drew on aspects of African American culture and popularized
Thomas_D._Rice
Type of dance
The cakewalk was a dance developed from the "prize walks" (dance contests with a cake awarded as the prize) held in the mid-19th century, generally at
Cakewalk
Verse set to music
pure 'folk memory' or 'immemorial tradition'. In the introduction to Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802) the romantic poet and historical novelist
Ballad
American theatre manager and promoter of blackface minstrel shows
enlarging minstrelsy's audience to encompass the entire United States as well as England. Haverly's methods sparked a revolution in minstrelsy as other
J._H._Haverly
American white supremacist hate group
capirote hood, or it may derive from "folk traditions of carnival, circus, minstrelsy, Mardi Gras – or mid-century 'Calico Indians'" associated with the Anti-Rent
Ku_Klux_Klan
2017 American documentary film
American television. The film explores encounters with negative stereotypes, minstrelsy, racial microaggressions, and slurs against people of Indian and South
The_Problem_with_Apu
American song
American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained
Jimmy_Crack_Corn
Scottish novelist (1771–1832)
oral performance. With help from John Leyden, he produced a two-volume Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border in 1802, containing 48 traditional ballads and
Walter_Scott
Irish librarian (1782–1855)
remembered for his History of the Town and County of Galway (1820) and Irish Minstrelsy (1831), one of the first published collections of Irish poetry and songs
James_Hardiman
2014 studio album by Marah
Marah Presents Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania is an album by Marah, released in 2014. Falling of the Pine A Melody of Rain An Old Timer's Plaint Harry
Marah Presents Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania
Marah_Presents_Mountain_Minstrelsy_of_Pennsylvania
American academic
evolution, and cultural significance of blackface minstrelsy, Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class (1993), received the
Eric_Lott
Performance using make-up to look Caucasian
Clipper in 1870, informing readers that William "Joe" Murphy has given up minstrelsy to "appear on the legitimate boards in white face." By 1908, actor Dooley
Whiteface_(performance)
Irish writer (1854–1900)
", "O, I feel just as happy as a bright sunflower!", Lays of Christy Minstrelsy, "Æsthete of Æsthetes!/What's in a name?/The poet is Wilde/But his poetry's
Oscar_Wilde
Comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy
The stump speech was a comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy (which is an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing,
Stump_speech_(minstrelsy)
British nonconformist minister, historian and author (1805–1892)
with John Stokoe in compiling the major song collection Northumbrian Minstrelsy published in 1882 The eldest son of John Bruce of Newcastle, he was educated
John_Collingwood_Bruce
Genre of music
Starr, Larry & Waterman, Christopher, (2002) American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV, Oxford University Press. Watkins, S. Craig, (2005) Hip Hop Matters:
Pop_music
American minstrel performer (1844–1922)
largely responsible for making the prima donna a fixture of blackface minstrelsy. Leon was born in California. He was trained as a boy soprano by Rev.
Francis_Leon
American slave turned sideshow performer
Peter Smith, 1972), p. 49. Lott, Eric (1993). Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. Oxford University Press. p. 76-77. ISBN 9780195078329
Joice_Heth
also contributed to Louis C. Hatch's Maine A History (1919), published Minstrelsy of Maine (1927) with Mary Winslow Smyth, and worked on British Ballads
Fannie_Hardy_Eckstorm
American song about Jim Crow
solidarity, sentiments that were rarely expressed in later blackface minstrelsy: Should dey get to fighting, Perhaps de blacks will rise, For deir wish
Jump_Jim_Crow
American record producer and murderer (1939–2021)
ISBN 9780393242690. Starr, Larry (2007) [2006]. American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195300536
Phil_Spector
Music genre
Libraries. 2021. Taylor, Yuval and Jake Austen. Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop. W. W. Norton, 2012. 236. Reeves, Mosi. "Muhammad
Hip-hop
Manx poet (1810–1843)
Nelson (1810–1843) was a Manx poet best remembered for her book, Island Minstrelsy. She was born in 1810 and baptised in Jurby on 6 June. She was the daughter
Esther_Nelson
1843 American minstrel song
shows than any other popular song in the antebellum period. In blackface minstrelsy, the name Lucy came to signify any sexually promiscuous woman. The first
Miss_Lucy_Long
Goblin found in folklore
the conspiracy against Robert the Bruce in 1320. Sir Walter Scott in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802) records a ballad written by John Leyden
Redcap
1984 studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
cohesive album". Robert Christgau stated: "As minstrelsy goes, this is good-hearted stuff (and as minstrelsy, it had better be). The reason it doesn't quite
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)
The_Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_(album)
Person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh
Douglass criticized these shows for profiting from and perpetuating racism. Minstrelsy monologists performed second-act, stump-speech monologues from within
Comedian
German poet
Latin poems. His poetry covered a wide range of subjects in addition to minstrelsy: life wisdom, theological and political reflections, riddles and literary
Der_Marner
Book by Nick Tosches
book Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock and Roll. It is also a study of minstrelsy and its connection to American folk music, country music, the blues and
Where_Dead_Voices_Gather
word was in use along the Scottish Borders, according to Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. It is unconnected with Cain in the Bible. Mackay
Cain_bairns
Type of dance involving percussive shoes
with Shirley Temple. However, Bill Robinson's career was reduced to "minstrelsy," which can be defined as white performers using makeup to mock black
Tap_dance
Traditional song performed by Virginia Minstrels
of minstrelsy's later years. "Old Dan Tucker" as originally published exemplifies the masculine boasting songs that predominated in early minstrelsy. Modern
Old_Dan_Tucker
Entertainment by a man dressed as a woman
immigrants, vaudeville's broad comedy and music expanded the audience from minstrelsy. Near the end of the 19th century a new type of female impersonation,
Female_impersonation
Type of dance performed on sand
Kitty O'Neil, were not done in blackface. White male sand dancers in minstrelsy, variety or vaudeville did, however, frequently don blackface. This practice
Sanding_(dance)
This is a list of songs that either originated in blackface minstrelsy or are otherwise closely associated with that tradition. Songwriters and publication
List of blackface minstrel songs
List_of_blackface_minstrel_songs
American showman and politician (1810–1891)
ISBN 978-0-679-43574-7. Lott, Eric (1993). Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. New York: Oxford University Press. pp
P._T._Barnum
American musician (1942–2025)
Larry (2007) [first published in 2006]. American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195300536
Brian_Wilson
Traditional song
of the 17th or 18th century. It was first printed by Walter Scott in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802). Scott cited Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw as
Fause_Foodrage
American composer, music teacher, and banjo player (1843–1929)
the birds have gone to sleep", for which Huntley composed music, The minstrelsy show-business of the 1860s, when Huntley was breaking into his career
William_A._Huntley
American rock band
again to focus on family life. In February, 2014 Marah released Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania, based on an obscure 1931 book with the same title. The
Marah_(band)
Short story by Flannery O'Connor
popular in the Jim Crow-era Southern United States, depicting grotesque minstrelsy characters. In the story, an impressionable young boy and his ignorant
The_Artificial_Nigger
Music genre
[page needed] Starr, Larry; Waterman, Christopher. American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-19-510854-5
Alternative_rock
American entertainer and composer (1815–1904)
February 6 issue refers to their first performance that evening. "Blackface Minstrelsy". Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July
Dan_Emmett
Traditional song
Folk Song Index. An incomplete version appeared in Sir Walter Scott's "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" (1802). It is composed of three fragments. They
The_Wife_of_Usher's_Well
Canadian and American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has been the subject of controversy for her use of blackface since the mid-1970s. As early as 1974
Joni Mitchell blackface controversy
Joni_Mitchell_blackface_controversy
Heroic outlaw in English folklore
Gest, stanza 135, p. 88. Joseph Hunter, "The Great Hero of the Ancient Minstrelsy of England", Critical and Historical Tracts, 4 (1852) (pp. 15–16). Borthowick
Robin_Hood
Classification of music by tradition or style
ISBN 978-0-415-17399-5. Starr, Larry; Waterman, Christopher Alan (2010). American popular music from minstrelsy to MP3. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539630-0.
Music_genre
Nigerian writer and scholar
Chude-Sokei's books include The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (Duke University Press, 2005), The Sound of
Louis_Chude-Sokei
Marvel Comics fictional character
Chicago. The arc drew significant criticism for its association with minstrelsy (using the premise of a white protagonist inhabiting a Black body to navigate
Punisher
African American comedy duo
Books, 1998, ISBN 1-84002-116-0, pp.136-137 Michael Pickering, Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain, Routledge, 2017, pp.197-203, ISBN 9781351573528 Suyin Haynes
Scott_and_Whaley
Child ballad
collected 1792 - 94. There is version of the ballad in Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, derived from a manuscript held by Mrs. Brown.
King_Henry_(song)
Song genre from the Anglo-Scottish border
Complaynt of Scotland (1549). Sir Walter Scott wrote about border ballads in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, first published in 1802–03. A. L. Lloyd said of
Border_ballad
19th-century American ministrel troupe owner
Midwest and Northeast. Over time, the Callender name came to signify "black minstrelsy", and when rival troupes tried to appropriate it, Callender persuaded
Charles_Callender
Cultural dispute involving the English folk dance
Multiple theories exist about the origins of the theatrical practice of blackface as a caricature of black people. One interpretation is that it can be
Blackface_and_Morris_dancing
German professor of medieval studies (born 1933)
spiritual and ecclesiastical songs from the beginning to the present, minstrelsy, and epigrammatic poetry (especially Walther von der Vogelweide). Publications
Gerhard_Hahn_(Germanist)
American minstrel show performer (1900–1962)
Merle Haggard. His music provides a link among old-time Southern music, minstrelsy, jazz, and Western swing. Miller was born on February 2, 1900, in Macon
Emmett_Miller
19th century New York City street gang
Plays were done alongside other acts, such as popular songs and dances, Minstrelsy, and other sketches or demonstrations. Even Shakespeare's works, which
Bowery_Boys_(gang)
Folk song
performances of "Coal Black Rose" in 1829 were the birth of blackface minstrelsy. However, Thomas Blakeley had also performed the song in 1829 at the Park
Coal_Black_Rose
Blackface minstrel troupe composed only of women
confirm that. M. B. Leavitt founded the company in 1870. Unlike mainstream minstrelsy at the time, Leavitt's cast was entirely made up of women, whose primary
Madame Rentz's Female Minstrels
Madame_Rentz's_Female_Minstrels
Concert venue in Manhattan, New York
of South Carolina Press. Hudson, Rob (September 3, 2007). "From Opera, Minstrelsy and Ragtime to Social Justice: An Overview of African American Performers
Carnegie_Hall
Figurative reference to the position of police in society
Jamie (1 July 2021). "'Blue Lives Matter' and the legacy of blackface minstrelsy". Race & Class. 63 (1): 91–106. doi:10.1177/03063968211012276. S2CID 235716239
Thin_blue_line
Song
that year. The melody was printed in Bruce and Stokoe's Northumbrian Minstrelsy in 1882, which also mentioned its publication in 1821 and noted that the
The Snows They Melt the Soonest
The_Snows_They_Melt_the_Soonest
English author, antiquarian
John Collingwood Bruce in compiling the hugely important “Northumbrian Minstrelsy” published in 1882. Stokoe lived is South Shields (according to edition
John_Stokoe
Music of the Baloch people
Retrieved January 5, 2024. Khan, Badal. "Zahirok: The Musical Base of Baloch Minstrelsy". Hafeez, Somaiyah (2023-01-01). "Baloch music through history and time"
Balochi_music
American comedian, actor (born 1988)
2016). "John Early on Theatre School, His Female Comedy Heroes, and Gay Minstrelsy". Vulture. "John Early Used to Run a Toni Collette Fan Website". Late
John_Early_(comedian)
Mythological creature
(1893), p. 176. McEntire (2007), p. 128. Wimberly, Louis Charles (1921). Minstrelsy, Music, and the Dance in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. University
Selkie
superstitious, joyous, and musical. One of the most popular styles of minstrelsy was Blackface, where White performers used burnt cork and later greasepaint
Stereotypes of African Americans
Stereotypes_of_African_Americans
1975 film by Ralph Bakshi
More... Coonskin uses a variety of racist caricatures from blackface minstrelsy and darky iconography, including stereotypes featured in Hollywood films
Coonskin_(film)
American entertainer (d. 1916)
reported as 1839, 1841, 1848 and 1850. Lucas' career began in blackface minstrelsy, but he later became one of the first African Americans to branch out
Sam_Lucas
Pioneering black tapdancer (1825–1854)
"Black Musicians and Early Ethiopian Minstrelsy", 48. Southern, "Black Musicians and Early Ethiopian Minstrelsy", 49. Lott 113. Playbill of the New Theatre
Master_Juba
1814 historical novel by Walter Scott
a sketch of Fergus's sister Flora. Ch. 22 Highland Minstrelsy: Flora explains Highland minstrelsy to Edward and sings a song to a harp by a waterfall
Waverley_(novel)
Creation and selling of music
States, the music industry arose in tandem with the rise of "black face" minstrelsy. Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-black
Music_industry
Water sprite
reference to this was made by Sir Walter Scott who told a Melusine tale in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802–1803) stating that "the reader will find
Melusine
American-British actor (1807–1867)
Ira Aldridge Troupe was a minstrelsy group that caricatured Irish men. The Ira Aldridge Troupe is unique in annals of minstrelsy; it was named for a Black
Ira_Aldridge
Music ensemble associated with jazz music
Larry; Waterman, Christopher Alan (2014). American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-985911-5. "B
Big_band
Region of southwestern Asia
MUSIC". 21 May 2023. Khan, Badal. "Zahirok: The Musical Base of Baloch Minstrelsy". Frishkopf, Michael (2006). "Music of Makran: Traditional Fusion from
Balochistan
Oral tradition in folklore
poetry Reliques of Ancient English Poetry collected by Bishop Thomas Percy Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, collected by Walter Scott. Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
Folk_poetry
American actor and playwright
celebrated theatrical partnerships of the 19th century. His career began in minstrelsy and variety but progressed to the production of multi-act plays full of
Edward_Harrigan
American vaudeville comedian
living link between the Harlem Renaissance and nineteenth-century black minstrelsy." He married fellow performer Hattie McIntosh. He was born in Whistler
Billy_King_(comedian)
Traditional Scottish folk song
Grove Music Online. 2001. Oxford University Press. Moffat, Alfred. The Minstrelsy of Scotland: 200 Scottish songs adapted to their traditional airs. London:
The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond
The_Bonnie_Banks_o'_Loch_Lomond
American blackface minstrel performer
via Google Books. Rice, Edward Le Roy (October 18, 1911). "Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date". Kenny Publishing Company – via Google Books
Eph_Horn
13th-century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston
1803, Minstrelsy II, pp. 300–, "sundry rhymes, passing for his prophetic effusions, are still current among the vulgar" Scott 1803, Minstrelsy II, pp
Thomas_the_Rhymer
Historic baronial fortress
History of Scotland, Duncan Keith, 1886. Scottish Arms, R.R. Stodart, 1881. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, 1803/4. The Martyrs of Angus
Lauriston Castle, Aberdeenshire
Lauriston_Castle,_Aberdeenshire
American blackface minstrel entertainer
Elks. He died in Chicago on April 23, 1891. RICE, Edward L., Monarchs of Minstrelsy, 1910 "Buffalo Gals". Hall, Stephanie (2020-08-17). "Who Were Those Gals
John_Hodges_(minstrel)
Stringed musical instrument
professionals. As the "raucous" imitations of plantation life decreased in minstrelsy, the banjo became more acceptable as an instrument of fashionable society
Banjo
Musical artist
Richard Brinsley Sheridan adaptation of August von Kotzebue's Pizarro. Minstrelsy was America's first original contribution to the theater arts. It was
Luke_Schoolcraft
American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
half-stage entertainer, outmoded and Uncle Tomism. "... he seemed a link to minstrelsy that we were ashamed of." Armstrong called bebop "Chinese music". While
Louis_Armstrong
American abolitionist (1818–1895)
excellent counter to many racist caricatures, particularly in Blackface minstrelsy. He was the most photographed American of the 19th century, consciously
Frederick_Douglass
1875 song by Billy Kersands
Aunt Jemima into their acts, so Aunt Jemima became a common figure in minstrelsy. Other songs about Aunt Jemima were written, such as "Aunt Jemima Song"
Old_Aunt_Jemima
MINSTRELSY
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Boy/Male
Indian
Friend, Considerate
Boy/Male
Arabic
Beautiful Gift of Allah
Boy/Male
Greek American
A bird that built its own pyre and then was reborn from the ashes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wightman.
Boy/Male
Irish
Home of the Norse.
Boy/Male
Indian
Strong
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Buddha
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gee.Korean : variant of Chi.
Boy/Male
Hindu
All
Boy/Male
Hindu
Wall, Ox, That beholds
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n.
The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
n.
A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs.
n.
Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
n.
Musical instruments.