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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.