1936 softcover book ‘Blackface and Music’ by Bailey Paskman

$40.00 CAD

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Collection of music with lyrics, as well as some pieces of spoken text. Photos of some performers during that time.

BLACKFACE AND MUSIC
A New Minstrel Folio
Complete with songs (words and music) and a full show ready foR performance
 
By Bailey Paskman
Creator of the Radio Minstrels
 
Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
RCA Building – Radio City
New York
 
60¢

 

18 songs, including:

  • In the Good Old Summer Time
  • Hymns of the Old Church Choir
  • Oh Susanna…

Softcover

48 Pages.

Vertical crease on front cover, some smudging. Some scuffs along spine. Some pages have toning.

12” x 9”

I do not support the sentiments expressed in this document. I offer it as a testament of the culture of those times.

 

Dailey Paskman was a radio pioneer who saw the potential in reviving minstrel shows for the new format. He would write a history of Minstrelsy in the 1930s despite being too young to have known its heyday.