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Banjo twang: danse negre for piano

By Drumheller, Charles., Cook. Illustrator.. Published 1893. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.

Description

1 score (6 pages) : ill. ; 36 cm. For solo piano. "As played by Sousa's unrivaled band"--T.p. T.p. ill.: drawing of a caricatured black man playing a banjo, and a stylized title with tree branches, planks of wood, and cotton bolls (signed "Cook"). Individual pages also feature caricature drawings of African Americans, vines and cotton bolls. T.p. list 6 versions of the piece with the piano solo version selling for $.40. "New & favorite piano composition by Charles Drumheller, No. 1" (publisher's advertisement with excerpts of Banjo twang, Drumheller's concert valse, Rippling waters, Vesper bells, Loves sweet echo, and, Moonlight on the Mississippi): p. ; New & favorite piano composition by Charles Drumheller, No. 2" (publisher's advertisement with excerpts of Caprice of the Fairies, Spirit lake, Rays of twilight, On the lake by moonlight, Sunburst, and, Adele): p. .

Author
Drumheller, Charles., Cook. Illustrator.
Date
1893
Publisher
Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co.
Copyright
Public domain in the US

Subjects

Piano music.Dance music.African Americans -- Songs and music.African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.Orchestral music -- Piano scores.Popular music -- United States -- 1891-1900.

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