May Irwin : singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy / Sharon Ammen.

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"Before Sophie Tucker "corked up" to entertain her audiences with ragtime songs in Negro dialect, and before Fanny Brice stumbled into the footlights in her rendition of the "Dying Swan," May Irwin (1862-1938) was the reigning queen of comedy and "coon" songs on the American stage. This project, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ammen, Sharon, 1951- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series:	Music in American life.
Subjects:	Irwin, May, > 1862-1938 > Criticism and interpretation. Irwin, May, > 1862-1938. Minstrel shows > United States > History. Minstrel music > United States > History and criticism. MUSIC / History & Criticism. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. Minstrel music. Minstrel shows. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Physical Description:	xi, 252 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Variant Title:	Singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy
Format:	Book

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