A full-throttle minstrel show from 1899, the Imperial Minstrels featuring Old Folks at Home.
The Imperial Minstrels – Old Folks at Home
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| Company |
Columbia Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
13010
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| Category |
Minstrels
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| Title |
The Imperial Minstrels – Old Folks at Home
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| Performed by |
Roger Harding & Steve Porter
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| Circa |
1899
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| Announcement |
"The Imperial Minstrels, introducing their original minstrel first part, for Columbia Phonograph Company of New York and Paris."
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Enjoy a classic example of minstrelsy as it was rendered for home entertainment
in the late 19th Century.
Fitting anything resembling a minstrel show in a short wax recording was problematic to start with:
this cylinder was recorded at a slower 110-RPM in order to provide a nearly 3-minute recording.
But there had to be a song - so it is amusing to hear how Stephen Foster's classic
Old Folks at Home was compressed and squeezed in.
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The Imperial Minstrels —
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