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'Arcady: (en Arcadie)', 1923. Creators: Unknown, Strauss Peyton.

'Arcady: (en Arcadie)', 1923. Creators: Unknown, Strauss Peyton.

2-949-173 - /Heritage Images

'Arcady: (en Arcadie)', 1923. 'A Melody Fox-Trot; Al Jolson's big hit in "Bombo"; words & music by Al Jolson and B. G. De Sylva; "You can't do wrong with any FEIST song"'. Jolson, the 'king of blackface performers', popularised traditional African-American music for white audiences unwilling to listen to it when performed by black artists. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
  2. Strauss Peyton, attributed to: American: Photographers, photography studio
Subject
  1. Al Jolson: American, Lithuanian-American: Actor, singer, composer, lyricist, blackface performer, comedian
People Related
  1. B. G. De Sylva: American: Composer, songwriter, film producer and record executive
  2. Leo Feist: American: Publisher
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Portrait
  3. Scores
  4. Sheet music
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4077x5434
File Size : 64,906kb

Aliases

  1. g99c258_001
  1. 1040001843
  1. 2-949-173
  1. 2949173
  1. g99c258_001

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