Creolization of American Culture : William Sidney Mount and The Roots of Blackface Minstrelsy.

Mount (1807-1868) was an artist, tune collector and musician who lived in New York City. This book studies his collection of artworks, sketches, letters and music to explore the beginnings of minstresy and the cross-pollination of black and white music. With a preface, appendix, notes and index. Color plates.

xvii, 314 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 0252037766
ISBN13: 9780252037764