The 1810s

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Dan Emmett, American composer (died 1904)

Daniel Decatur Emmett was an American composer, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as t…

Dan Emmett, American composer (died 1904)