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(SHEET MUSIC/CIVIL WAR). EMMETT, Dan.(Daniel) D. I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land Written and Composed expressly for Bryant's Minstrels by ... Arranged for the Pianoforte by W.L. Hobbs.
New York: Published by Firth, Pond & Co., No. 547 Broadway, ..., (1860). Second edition (with the advert No.1 Popular Vocal Music on the last page). 4to., disbound, (6)pp. with publishers advert "No. 1, Popular Vocal Music... 1860" on p.6.
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D.D. (Daniel) Emmett. I'm Going Home to Dixie. Sequel to the Famous Son Dixie's Land. Sung With Tumultuous Applause by the Popular Bryant's Minstrels...
New York: Published by Firth, Pond & Co., 1881 (actually 1861). 4to., disbound, (6)pp. Both items are disbound and both have some scattered foxing and browning. The ‘sequel' also has a dampstain that affects all pages but not severely. Both are very good.
‘Dixie's Land' became the main anthem for the South during the Civil War. The song was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett for the famous theatrical troupe, Bryant's Minstrels, who first performed it in New York in 1859. The sequel, ‘I'm Going Home to Dixie' written and published in 1861, did not garner the same attention or popularity as its predecessor, and it quickly faded into obscurity. While the printed copyright date at the foot of p.1 is ‘1881' this is clearly an error--in fact the catalogue entry for the copy in LC gives ‘1861' and the image of the front provided by LC has ‘1881' struck through and ‘1861' written in below. Given the song's lack of popularity it seems improbable that it would have been reprinted 20 years later.
$875
(SHEET MUSIC/CIVIL WAR). EMMETT, Dan.(Daniel) D. I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land Written and Composed expressly for Bryant's Minstrels by ... Arranged for the Pianoforte by W.L. Hobbs. New York: Published by Firth, Pond & Co., No. 547 Broadway, ..., (1860). Second edition (with the advert No.1 Popular Vocal Music on the last page). 4to., disbound, (6)pp. with publishers advert "No. 1, Popular Vocal Music... 1860" on p.6.
(WITH):
D.D. (Daniel) Emmett. I'm Going Home to Dixie. Sequel to the Famous Son Dixie's Land. Sung With Tumultuous Applause by the Popular Bryant's Minstrels...
New York: Published by Firth, Pond & Co., 1881 (actually 1861). 4to., disbound, (6)pp. Both items are disbound and both have some scattered foxing and browning. The ‘sequel' also has a dampstain that affects all pages but not severely. Both are very good.
‘Dixie's Land' became the main anthem for the South during the Civil War. The song was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett for the famous theatrical troupe, Bryant's Minstrels, who first performed it in New York in 1859. The sequel, ‘I'm Going Home to Dixie' written and published in 1861, did not garner the same attention or popularity as its predecessor, and it quickly faded into obscurity. While the printed copyright date at the foot of p.1 is ‘1881' this is clearly an error--in fact the catalogue entry for the copy in LC gives ‘1861' and the image of the front provided by LC has ‘1881' struck through and ‘1861' written in below. Given the song's lack of popularity it seems improbable that it would have been reprinted 20 years later.
$875
