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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
m the Richmond dispatch, March 19, 1893.] Dan Emmett its author and New York the place of its proull particulars as I have received them from Dan Emmett himself and my own recollections. A walk- Dixie.—It was Saturday night in 1859, when Dan Emmett was a member of Bryant's Minstrels in New York. Bryant came to Emmett and said: Dan, can't you get us up a walk-around? I want something new aaround. The demand for them was constant, and Emmett was the composer of all the walk-arounds of Brdience went home whistling Dixie. Bryant gave Emmett $5 for his work. The song became the rage, anbe's, Buckley's, and other minstrel bands paid Emmett $5 for the privilege of using it. Mr. Werlean, of New Orleans, wrote to Emmett to secure the copyright, but, without waiting for an answer, publisan reaped no benefit from this tardy justice. Emmett got into trouble about his song during the warory of the show world in the United States. Dan Emmett is a native of Ohio and is of German descent[2 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
y for Bragg, 144. Davis, Mrs, Jefferson, 340. Deserters, Execution of, 265. Denman, Buck, his noble tenderness, 30. Dillard, Hon. A. W., 208, 287. Dinwiddie C. H., Action at, 75. Dispatch, Richmond, Va., cited, 177, 304 360. Dixie, Music and words; author of the the song, 212. Douglas, Major, H. Kyd, 206. Douglas, Stephen A., 152. Draft of troops in the North, 99. Drury's Bluff, Explosion at, 33. Early, Gen. Jubal A., 382. Ellerson's Mill, Battle of, 378. Emmett, Dan, 212 English Sympathy, 171. Ewell, Gen. R. S., his veneration for General Jackson, 26, 225. Examiner, Richmond, Va., cited, 362. Falling Waters, Battle of, 368. Five Forks, Battle of, 76. Floyd C. H Va., 345. Forrest, C. S. N., Master's Mate, 293. Forts, Fisher, gallant defence of, 257; plan of, 283: Gaines, 291; Haskell, 72; Magruder, 108; McGilvray, 72; Morgan, 291, 294. Frazier's Farm, Battle of, 160, 378. Fredericksburg, Assault of, 377. French, Gen. S.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), How Dixie came to be written. (search)
t at Mount Vernon, he told his story to a newspaper reporter. The story follows: Are you Dan Emmett, who wrote Dixie? asked the reporter. Well, I have heard of the fellow; sit down, and EmmeEmmett motioned to the steps. Won't you tell me how the song was written? Like most everything else I ever did, said Emmett. It was written because it had to be done. One Saturday night, in 18Emmett. It was written because it had to be done. One Saturday night, in 1859, as I was leaving Bryant's Theatre, where I was playing, Bryant called after me, I want a walk-around for Monday, Dan. The next day it rained and I stayed indoors. At first when I went at the soeet, and then to the camp. It flew over the South on wings, and is now a universal favorite. Emmett died in 1904, at Mount Vernon. The song has been changed and paraphrased many times. The mos fame, who tried to give it more dignity. But his attempt did not prove successful. The public preferred Dan Emmett's doggerel and the tune, which he had adapted from an old Coon Song.—The Advance