minstrel
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There were different metrics—say, the number of sheet-music copies pulled from a publisher’s warehouse or the frequency of reprintings or how often it appeared in minstrel shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
White minstrel performers like Joel Walker Sweeney were credited with popularizing the instrument that inspired a vital part of popular music in the country seen as "hillbilly" music.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024
But then when we start getting into the minstrel, it’s not about who you are, it’s about what has been put on to you.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Tambo and Bones have moved from the minstrel past to the more recent hip-hop present.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2022
He turned, led the procession, and those princes followed, while his herald sought the minstrel.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
How did this music surpass its muses from the holds to the plantation to the medicine shows and minstrels and brothels and jukes, to the Grammys red carpet, lavish video shoots and MTV Cribs?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
During the Middle Ages, minstrels were retained by royal courts to provide pleasant atmosphere.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
The composer and songwriter Stephen Foster, a white Pittsburgher, wrote the 1853 melody, which blackface minstrels made into a hit.
From Salon ● May 5, 2022
About half the book covers engravings on teeth; sailors illustrated creamy spikes with ships, flags, Polynesian dancers, Austro-Hungarian minstrels and dentists.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2013
As Elrond entered and went towards the seat prepared for him, elvish minstrels began to make sweet music.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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