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Forum: Jazz & Blues 10-31-2014, 02:12 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Minstrelsy as a comedy designed to point out and...

Minstrelsy as a comedy designed to point out and therefore avoid certain social pitfalls was a failure. Minstrelsy was originally driven by anti-slavery sentiments expressed by people as George...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 10-31-2014, 01:43 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
As stated earlier, in areas where minstrelsy was...

As stated earlier, in areas where minstrelsy was most popular they had kept blacks out but, having done so, found themselves in a white America that could not determine its own nature, could not...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 10-31-2014, 01:16 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Perhaps the earliest expression of white...

Perhaps the earliest expression of white supremacy in the American conscious was the concept of Manifest Destiny. Not surprisingly, it too arose with minstrelsy starting in 1845 when John L....
Forum: Jazz & Blues 10-31-2014, 12:30 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Okay--lets recap what we've learned thus far...

Okay--lets recap what we've learned thus far about minstrelsy and the early ragtime era:

So how then did whites in America see the blackface minstrel? Did the burnt cork on the face mean only that...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 10-04-2014, 05:24 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
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Ned Haverly was the grandson of J.H. Haverly who ran Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels. He...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 07-27-2014, 07:45 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
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Forum: Jazz & Blues 04-05-2014, 01:31 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
The cakewalk carried on the tradition of the...

The cakewalk carried on the tradition of the minstrel show in that noise was the raison d’etre. From the New York Age May 11, 1889 we read: “Prof. Banks’ prize cane and cake walk caught the crowd...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-22-2014, 06:03 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
By the 1870s, minstrelsy as it had been known was...

By the 1870s, minstrelsy as it had been known was fading fast and entering yet a new phase: the cakewalk. Cakewalking was a dance that started on the Southern plantations in the days of slavery. It...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-15-2014, 06:20 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Sorry, meant to include these in the last post: ...

Sorry, meant to include these in the last post:

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Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-15-2014, 04:08 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
But how did Blacks themselves regard minstrelsy? ...

But how did Blacks themselves regard minstrelsy? Were they offended, indifferent, favorable? I recently discussed minstrelsy with a young black man who found it horribly demeaning as pretty much...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-11-2014, 08:52 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Thomas Dartmouth Rice was born in New York in...

Thomas Dartmouth Rice was born in New York in 1808 and worked as a carpenter’s apprentice as a lad. Rice, though, had a love for the theatre and began to perform in it on the side around the 1820s...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-08-2014, 02:14 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
By 1830, this began to change. Minstrelsy had...

By 1830, this began to change. Minstrelsy had begun to be so popular that theatre-owners began to see the advantage of putting various entertainments on the same bill including opera and minstrelsy....
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-08-2014, 02:00 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Exactly who was the first man to don blackface...

Exactly who was the first man to don blackface and perform minstrel songs is open to question. We know it was being done by 1829 when George Washington Dixon began performing “Coal Black Rose” in...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-03-2014, 05:34 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
But Blacks were not the only people to face white...

But Blacks were not the only people to face white racism during this era. The Chinese faced even worse treatment on the West Coast:
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Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-03-2014, 05:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
So the role of blackness in blackface is complex...

So the role of blackness in blackface is complex and simply cannot be chalked up solely as racism for it begs the question—what is racism? Do these ancient associations with the color black in...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-01-2014, 02:33 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
In some cultures, Santa is not split into a good...

In some cultures, Santa is not split into a good and bad side but rather was depicted as a not-so-jolly figure:

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Forum: Jazz & Blues 03-01-2014, 02:20 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
The word “minstrel” shares the same root with...

The word “minstrel” shares the same root with minister—a servant, entertainer or imperial household officer. The word also meant a poet, a storyteller, a jester, a juggler, a workman. The French...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-26-2014, 04:12 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Before we continue on with ragtime, lets go all...

Before we continue on with ragtime, lets go all the way back to minstrel music. We may as well cover it at this point and I know there aren't any other threads about it in this place. To understand...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-25-2014, 08:23 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
If one wants source material for ragtime, the...

If one wants source material for ragtime, the bible is "They All Played Ragtime" by Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis. This was the first book to deal with the history of ragtime. A couple of its...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-25-2014, 08:00 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
I was going to skip the proto-rag era but I've...

I was going to skip the proto-rag era but I've changed my mind--so here it is:

As far as can be determined, the term “ragtime” appeared in print for the first time about 1896. The term “rag” in...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-24-2014, 06:27 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
In 1902, Joplin turned a piece into Stark called...

In 1902, Joplin turned a piece into Stark called “The Ragtime Dance” which seems to have been the start of Joplin’s quest to produce a more genteel rag. It was stately and lovely and John Stark...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-23-2014, 02:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Another major ragtimer we need to touch on James...

Another major ragtimer we need to touch on James S. Scott of Neosho, Missouri. For some reason, most of the great ragtimers and influential jazzmen either came from or made their homes in Missouri. ...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-23-2014, 02:36 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
Another ragtimer who doesn’t get a lot of mention...

Another ragtimer who doesn’t get a lot of mention in the histories is Arthur Collins. Arthur Francis Collins was born in Philadelphia in 1864, took singing lessons, toured with opera singer Francis...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-23-2014, 02:33 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
By 1897, Tom Turpin of St. Louis had his “Harlem...

By 1897, Tom Turpin of St. Louis had his “Harlem Rag” published. He is sometimes credited with being the first African-American to have a rag published. But Ernest Hogan seems to hold that record. ...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 02-23-2014, 02:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 19,370
Posted By Lord Larehip
A Concise History of Ragtime

Although people generally think today of ragtime music as being started by Scott Joplin, it was not. Joplin became the King of the Ragtimers but he was not the inventor—at least if we go by...
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