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Amelia Snow (or The Jealous Coon)

Sheet Music
1906 (published)
Artist/Maker
B. Feldman & Co. (publishers)
Darewski, Hermann (composers)
Davis, A. E. Sidney (lyricists)
Place of origin
London (published)

Music sheet for Amelia Snow words by A.E. Sidney Davis, music by Hermann E. Darewski Junr., published by B. Feldman & Co., London 1906.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Sheet Music
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Sheet Music
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Prints
TitleAmelia Snow (or The Jealous Coon) (published title)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph. Intermediate pages composed of printed text.
Paper
Ink
Printing
Lithography
Brief description
Music sheet for Amelia Snow (or the Jealous Coon) words by A.E. Sidney Davis, music by Hermann E. Darewski Junr., sung by Miss Bessie Butt. Feldman's 6d Edition, published by Bert Feldman & Co., 1906
Physical description
Music sheet for Amelia Snow words by A.E. Sidney Davis, music by Hermann E. Darewski Junr., published by B. Feldman & Co., London 1906.
Dimensions
  • Front cover height: 36cm (approx)
  • Front cover width: 25.5cm
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history
NB The term "coon" refers to a demeaning stereotype born out of plantation slavery and applied to African Americans. The term is repeated here in its original historical context.
Subject depicted
Butt, Miss Bessie
Association
Summary
Music sheet for Amelia Snow words by A.E. Sidney Davis, music by Hermann E. Darewski Junr., published by B. Feldman & Co., London 1906.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1026-2014

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Record createdMay 1, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1292364/amelia-snow-or-the-jealous-sheet-music-darewski-hermann/
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