| Way Up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem Contributor(s): Sacks, Howard L. (Author), Sacks, Judith Rose (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252071603 ISBN-13: 9780252071607 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: This book traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. Howard L. Sacks and Judith Rose Sacks examine the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provide a detailed exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett--the white musician and blackface minstrel credited with writing it. This edition features a new introduction in which the authors discuss the public response to this controversial claim and present new information on the Snowdens' musical and social experiences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003007169 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.04" W x 9.14" (0.94 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. Howard L. Sacks and Judith Rose Sacks examine the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provide a detailed exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett--the white musician and blackface minstrel credited with writing the song. This edition features a new introduction in which the authors discuss the public response to this controversial claim, and present new information on the Snowdens' musical and social experiences. |