minstrelsy

Category: Musical styles

Definition: Referencing historical popular musical stage practices dating from about 1850 to 1890; stiff, duple meter rhythmic matrix; tambourine (especially) and banjo often part of the arrangement or staging; visually cued by use of blackface

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