Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Monarchs of Minstrelsy, From Daddy Rice to Date
Is Minstrelsy dying out? How often has the question been asked and how con?icting are the opinions of those who ought to know? Some maintain that minstrelsy is here to stay, while others insist there are no more minstrel shows.
But if the question were: Are the minstrels dying out? There could be no divergence of opinion. The passing away in the last decade or so of such lumi naries as Neil. Bryant, Billy Rice, Billy West, Billy Emerson, Wm. Henry Rice, Frank Cushman Ben. Cotton, Johnny Booker, Jack Herman. Andy Leavitt. E. F. Dixey, J. B. Donniker, 'eugene J. H. Haverly, Sam. Hague, Dave Reed and many others, eliminate the matter of doubt entirely. Granting this. It would appear that the two terms: Minstrels and Minstrelsy are synonymous.
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