The New York Times

A JUSTICE DESCANTS UPON "COON SONGS"; Musical Education Not Necessary to Success in This Line.

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The Stranger

Provoked by the Provocative

Coon songs were racist American entertainments around the turn of the 20th century, songs performed in blackface but created by and performed for white people. Each one was a violent cultural lobotomy ...
The New York Times

PUCCINI HEARS COON SONGS.; A Selection Specially Arranged for Him at Mrs. Bull's Reception.

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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff

Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold ...
PBS

A Note From the Composer, T.O. Sterrett

I was very intrigued when the director of CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE, Daniel Miller, approached me with the idea of incorporating songs of the 1890s into the film. The first step I took was to contact various ...
The Stranger

Provoked by the Provocative

Courtesy the artist and Gallery4Culture COLOR AND SPEECH Ronald Hall’s painting Exchanging Moments in Time at Gallery4Culture. Coon songs were racist American entertainments around the turn of the ...