Piano and voice (solo and 4-part chorus) - Digital Download
SKU: LV.13793
Composed by E. P. Christy. African Americans, Portraits, Musical instruments, Dancing, Couples, Monkeys, Slave trade, Courtship & love, Marriage proposals, Banjos, Sleeping, Dreaming, Ethnic stereotypes, Dialects. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.13793).
Ethiopian Melodies. Julius' Bride [contains reference to the song Jennie Git Your Hoe Cake Done]. Arranged & Partly Composed By E.P. Christy. Published 1848 by William Vanderbeek, 479 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and 4-part chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Portraits, Musical instruments, Dancing, Couples, Monkeys, Slave trade, Courtship & love, Marriage proposals, Banjos, Sleeping, Dreaming, Ethnic stereotypes, Dialects. First line reads When I liv'd way down in ole Virginia, I bought a culored [sic] gal for a guinea..
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