'Close dat eye (a negro lullaby)', 1901. Creator: A. J. Dewey.

'Close dat eye (a negro lullaby)', 1901. Creator: A. J. Dewey.

2-949-145 - /Heritage Images

'Close dat eye (a negro lullaby)', 1901. 'Words by Jack P. MacSweeny, music by Lee Orean Smith'. Sung by Florence Rother. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.


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This image has been flagged as having a sensitive subject, or the attached metadata may use a historical and dated form of words and terms no longer used or deemed appropriate, but in common and accepted usage at the time the content was created and/or catalogued. No offence is intended and it is shown here and should be viewed in it’s historical context.

People Information

Creator
  1. A. J. Dewey, attributed to: American: Artist
Subject
  1. Florence Rother: American: Singer
People Related
  1. Vandersloot Music Co.: American: Publisher
  2. Jack P. MacSweeny: American: Lyricist
  3. Lee Orean Smith: American: Composer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Portrait
  3. Scores

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4753x6064
File Size : 84,441kb


Aliases

  1. 1953411
  1. 1040001481
  1. 1953411
  1. 2-949-145
  1. 2949145

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