Way Up North in Dixie - A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem

This book traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. Howard L. Sacks and Judith Rose Sacks examine the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provide a detailed exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett--the white musician and blackface minstrel credited with writing it. This edition features a new introduction in which the authors discuss the public response to this controversial claim and present new information on the Snowdens' musical and social experiences.

Summary

Traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. This book examines the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provides an exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett.

Product details

• Authors: Howard L. Sacks, Judith Rose Sacks
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2003
• EAN: 9780252071607
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07160-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb; Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries