A full-throttle minstrel show from 1899, the Imperial Minstrels featuring Old Folks at Home.
The Imperial Minstrels - Old Folks at Home
Company
Columbia Phonograph Company
Cylinder #
13010
Category
Minstrels
Title
The Imperial Minstrels - Old Folks at Home
Performed by
Roger Harding & Steve Porter
Circa
1899
Announcement
"The Imperial Minstrels, introducing their original minstrel first part, for Columbia Phonograph Company of New York and Paris."
Enjoy a classic example of minstrelsy as it was rendered for home entertainment
in the late 19th Century.
Fitting anything resembling a minstrel show in a short wax recording was problematic to start with:
this cylinder was recorded at a slower 110-RPM in order to provide a nearly 3-minute recording.
But there had to be a song - so it is amusing to hear how Stephen Foster's classic
Old Folks at Home was compressed and squeezed in.
