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When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town

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American popular songs

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Title
When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town
Additional title: Bill Johnson said to Mandy Snow "would you like to go to the minstrel show?" [first line of song]
Additional title: I don't like them minstrel folks and I doesn't care for the endmen's jokes. [first line of chorus]
Additional title: I don't like them minstrel folks. [alternative title]
Additional title: King's carnival. When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town. [uniform title]
Names
Carus, Emma, 1878-1927 (Singer)
Schwartz, Jean, 1878-1956 (Composer)
Jerome, William, 1865-1932 (Lyricist)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1901

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1901
Place: New York
Publisher: Howley, Haviland and Dresser
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
African Americans -- 1900-1909 -- Social life
Minstrel shows
Social mobility
African Americans
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Scores
Notes
Content: Cover design includes drawing of a well-dressed African American man and woman outside a minstrel theater playing Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Content: Descriptive subtitle on cover: coon song and chorus.
Content: On cover: Successfully sung by Miss Emma Carus; cover includes thumbnail photograph of Emma Carus.
Content: Summary: Using stereotyped language, describes an African American man wants to take his woman friend to a minstrel show but she, trying to imitate the upper classes, doesn't like the music or jokes of minstrel shows and prefers Shakespeare.
Statement of responsibility: words by Wm. Jerome ; music by Jean Schwartz
Date: Copyright date: 1901
Physical Description
Extent: 6 p. ; 35 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6534e810-c599-012f-73be-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1878: Creator Born
  • 1901: Issued
  • 1927: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97ed1529-f7d9-448e-e040-e00a18065cbe

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 14, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97ed1529-f7d9-448e-e040-e00a18065cbe

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97ed1529-f7d9-448e-e040-e00a18065cbe

Wikipedia Citation

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When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town