Anthony Binns
Minstrelsy in Victorian Britain - Part 2: African American minstrelsy - survival, growth & parody
By Anthony Binns Fugitives North: Minstrelsy in New York In the northeastern states too, black musicians were present and active well...
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Anthony Binns
- Nov 14, 2023
- 16 min
Minstrelsy in Victorian Britain - Part 1: Reclaiming an Authentic African American contribution
By Anthony Binns Who were the original, authentic black minstrels? Introduction In a recent documentary1 on BBC television, the actor...
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Anthony Binns
- Jul 9, 2023
- 8 min
The Extraordinary Gramophone Recordings of Pélissier’s Follies
By Anthony Binns Between October and November 1909, The Follies recorded twenty-two songs and comic sketches with the Odeon Record Label...
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Anthony Binns
- Apr 1, 2023
- 10 min
A Secret History: Victorian & Edwardian Londoners and the Heroic Age of Theatregoing
By Anthony Binns The period roughly between 1840 and 1918 saw the flowering of popular theatre and music hall in Britain, and especially...
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Jaudy Pelissier
- Feb 20, 2023
- 8 min
The musical worlds of Herbert Howells and the satirist and composer H.G. Pélissier
Personal reflections by their grandson, Jaudy Pélissier Most of you will never have heard of my grandfather, the satirist and composer...
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