| 单词 | minstrelsy |
| 例句 | Black minstrelsy was the first large-scale opportunity for African Americans to enter show business. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z To some degree, then, black minstrelsy—as degrading as it was—represented success. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “There are lots of instances in blackface minstrelsy that are lighthearted and funny — and also offensive,” she said. Reviving ‘The Mikado’ in a Balancing Act of Taste 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z For generations, the instrument carried a stigma because of its association with blackface minstrelsy — and that stigma lingers. Steve Martin gave this banjo prodigy from Northern Virginia a $50,000 prize 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z These images appeared for the first time in movie theaters in 1930 and were based on racist caricatures of African-Americans couched in the tradition of minstrelsy. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Toure, a liberal black writer and commentator, accused Cain of exploiting his race to appreciative white audiences, calling it this "constant minstrelsy aspect." Cain compares himself to Clarence Thomas 2011-11-05T02:16:00Z Eliot and Pound apparently liked writing to each other in the dialect used in “Remus,” in a kind of literary minstrelsy. ‘Cats’ Review: They Dance, They Sing, They Lick Their Digital Fur 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z But in fact, dance was a rich realm of the era’s creativity, and it inspired artists — Douglas, a painter famed for turning minstrelsy on its head, perhaps foremost among them. Motor City exhibition ‘Dance’ shows how motion has long inspired American art 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z There’s this history of — you know, minstrelsy takes many forms. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z How can you say they honored diversity, when they had a lame, middle aged white guy host, and parade the leading actor around like some joke- it had disgusting similarities to minstrelsy. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z In his brilliant analysis of minstrelsy, social historian Eric Lott has dubbed this paradigm “Love and Theft,” which unpacks the curious fascination — and envy — white people have had from the start with black culture. Analysis: Macklemore apology for win over fellow rapper raises race issue 2014-01-29T05:32:49Z How did you navigate that with Barack Obama, given America's history of racial stereotypes from race minstrelsy to calling black people apes and gorillas. When a cartoonist becomes a hero: Rob Rogers on losing his job for making fun of Donald Trump 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z But what they ended up doing was creating a new kind of minstrelsy.” The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Many argue this act of "red-facing" is equivalent to blackface minstrelsy. Sports teams are finally scrapping Native American mascots – on both sides of the Atlantic 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Until I encountered his potent brew of minstrelsy and melodrama I hadn’t known it was possible — except perhaps in plays like “Bootycandy,” by Mr. O’Hara — to cringe and laugh and blush at the same time. Review: Race and Sex in Plantation America in ‘Slave Play’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Sasami’s background is in classical music, but while in isolation she educated herself on Black cultural appropriation, learning about topics like the blues and minstrelsy. Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins’ most recent production was “Neighbors,” which drew attention for its use of blackface and minstrelsy when the work was presented this winter in the Public Theater Lab series. Director for 'The Octoroon' Withdraws 2010-06-17T17:53:00Z This is how it starts, with an attempt to connect that transforms into minstrelsy. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Even if his intention is sincere homage, the bludgeoning witless imitation can’t help but feel like minstrelsy. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But in Mark Twain’s time, it was the other way around: The novel was regarded as lighthearted minstrelsy that contained a pointed and controversial critique of how childhood was being debated. ‘Huck Finn’s America’ by Andrew Levy 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The new production at Signature Theatre gives Washington a woefully belated chance to examine the intersection of minstrelsy and Jim Crow justice. Navigating minstrelsy in Kander & Ebb’s ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z But long after most theater companies stopped using dark makeup for their Othellos — seeing it as an uncomfortable vestige of minstrelsy — leading opera companies around the world continued to use dark makeup for their Otellos. Metropolitan Opera Says Its 'Otello' Tenor Will Not Wear Blackface 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z This final five minutes of Vereen’s performance is anguished yet defiant, evoking the pain and exploitative power of blackface minstrelsy and the distortions of stereotype. Revisiting Ben Vereen’s Misunderstood Blackface Inaugural Performance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Eventually, after an egregious bit of minstrelsy called “Fat and Greasy,” when the high spirits become impossible to maintain, the show takes a silent, sour pause. Review: ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’,’ Saving Its Love (and Pain) for You 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The Gershwins were determined to avoid performances of “Porgy” in blackface, an offensive relic of minstrelsy that was still common then onstage and onscreen. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Blackface minstrelsy, in fact, could be said to be part of Disney’s origin story. ‘Mary Poppins,’ and a Nanny’s Shameful Flirting With Blackface 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z As words like “minstrelsy” and “blackface” flew, Simone’s estate tweeted to the actress, “please take Nina’s name out of your mouth. For the rest of your life.” ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ and Hollywood’s enduring problem with whitewashing 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Even if the work isn't minstrelsy per se — "a performance based around stereotypes" — it raises other issues, Peabody explains. Art and race at the Whitney: Rethinking the Donelle Woolford piece 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z There are letters, calls to action, song lyrics, aphorisms, annotations, unearthed journal entries, a theory of minstrelsy. Margo Jefferson’s New Memoir Experiments With the Form in Startling Ways 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Though the experiment is carried out in a complex format — one that blurs satire and minstrelsy and comedy and drama — this is not some avant-garde nonsense producing microscopic results. Review: ‘Slave Play,’ Four Times as Big and Just as Searing 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Gallagher, 47, emerged in the early 1990s with memorable paintings that yoked Minimalism to, of all things, minstrelsy, by scattering tiny caricatures of eyes and mouths across creamy expanses of paper and canvas. Art Review: Ellen Gallagher Gets a Retrospective at the New Museum 2013-07-04T23:53:39Z The perception of the song as expressing nostalgia for the Old South helped it remain a staple of minstrelsy long after the Civil War. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Blitzstein, sometimes at the risk of minstrelsy, absorbed the musical voice of the South, where the opera takes place, while writing symphonic music with the economy and directness of Copland. Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Even as a teenager, I sensed this was sissy minstrelsy. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z About 30 protesters gathered twice outside the theater in November, denouncing the minstrelsy and use of blackface as racist, but not even the ensuing attention to the musical helped improve ticket sales. Untested Musicals Take Over Broadway 2010-12-01T04:40:00Z Profiling the band in early 1987, Spin writer Glenn O’Brien called the song “working-class minstrelsy,” and he’s not wrong. We’re all livin’ on a prayer: How a hair band anthem from the least cool ’80s rockers became a classic 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z They are minstrels, and they stage a capsule history of minstrelsy in popular entertainment. Ulysses Jenkins: Journeys of a Video Griot 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Race is still America’s ultra-touchy subject and minstrelsy is a dangerous lightning rod; just ask Spike Lee. Two noted and nomadic musicals destined for D.C.? He shines in his discussion of minstrelsy in film and its garish presence in the Crosby movie “Dixie.” How Bing Crosby Changed the Course of Pop Music 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Additionally, Galvin stated that as a queer person, it’s important that the character he plays on television feel authentic—and not just another act of gay minstrelsy. Don’t apologize, Noah Galvin: Let’s applaud celebrities who dare to speak their mind, not tear them down 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Chipaumire takes the notion of minstrelsy and revises it along the lines of both race and gender, creating a newfangled tribal vaudeville show for the digital age. Nora Chipaumire Makes Darkness Visible 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Another is reverse minstrelsy, when people of color wear white makeup to mock racism. “Sorry to Bother You” exposes the danger of bourgeois integration 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z "Artists who engage in this kind of performance should not be surprised to have minstrelsy brought up as a precedent for their work," she says. Art and race at the Whitney: Rethinking the Donelle Woolford piece 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “Nothing looms larger in American music than African American music,” he writes, “real, racially fantasized and one-drop-rule conjoined, from blackface minstrelsy to spirituals, ragtime, jazz, blues, rock, soul, hip-hop and E.D.M.” Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In short, the emphasis in “Fela!” on the spectacle of African culture tilted the show a little too closely toward minstrelsy. 2010-01-29T03:33:00Z “Unlike minstrelsy, which was designed to ridicule and mock black people, the founders of our Social Aid & Pleasure Club chose the name ‘Zulu’ to honor their African ancestry and the continent’s most fierce warriors.” Mardi Gras 2019: Parade krewes respond to blackface criticism, mock NFL 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Legacies of minstrelsy and other forms of masking loom large. Kyle Abraham Debuts ‘The Watershed’ at New York Live Arts 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z While admitting that “what was troubling was that her desire to be the black man on the street superseded the unsettling history,” he ascribes it to her innocence of the “historical baggage” of minstrelsy. ‘Reckless Daughter’: A Protective Biography of Joni Mitchell 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The performance, which included Ms. Young’s rendition of songs by T. I. and Lionel Richie, became heated when a woman asked her to talk about the history of minstrelsy. Dance Review: Dean Moss Program, Part of Parallels at Danspace Project 2012-02-20T23:39:13Z But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist minstrelsy, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all. Review: Danai Gurira Makes a Sleek Supervillain of Richard III 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z But she said that when it comes to “Othello” and blackface minstrelsy, the connections aren’t incidental, but absolutely fundamental. A Blackface ‘Othello’ Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Combine erudition acquired at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford with, of all things, minstrelsy. Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z As with minstrelsy earlier, black artists were popular with whites, but they were there for what white people wanted from them, and they were still otherwise pretty marginal in the entertainment world. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z Many critics at the time of the film’s release suggested that Lee had needlessly reopened old wounds; that the dark days of minstrelsy were comfortably behind us, and that we should move on. Bamboozled: Spike Lee's masterpiece on race in America is as relevant as ever 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Dances inspired by the moves of Cotton Club greats, like Cab Calloway, Josephine Baker, and the Nicholas Brothers, are juxtaposed with more cartoony minstrelsy steps—flung limbs, hops, tumbles, and stumbling gaits. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The overblown implication is that all these performers are somehow contemporary variations on minstrelsy. Theater Review | 'Neighbors': At Public Theater, Racial Commentary in Caricature 2010-03-09T22:11:00Z Tin ear dialogue, Jar Jar Binks’ perceived minstrelsy, and mediocre acting led to fan furor. After years of stewing, “Star Wars” fandom goes to the dark side 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The racism and minstrelsy are anything but subtle, yet Tammé’s son sees something else: His mother is a force to be reckoned with. Review | ‘GLOW’ returns, with a lot to tell us about the wrestlers behind the stereotypes 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Rice, the white American performer seen as the father of minstrelsy, claimed to have been inspired to get up at intermission and put on blackface to perform “Jump Jim Crow” for the first time. A Blackface ‘Othello’ Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z From where I sit, the election looks like a kind of grotesque minstrelsy. Trump and his movement are symptoms of America's profound disorder — but not the cause 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The site includes a historical outline of free speech controversies, starting with minstrelsy and ending with quotes from his article. After Campus Uproar, Princeton Proposes to Fire Tenured Professor 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “Jim Crow,” the name associated with the laws and practices of racial segregation, comes from a character developed by Thomas D. Rice, who’s been called “the father of American minstrelsy.” Review: The high-octane 'Tambo & Bones' scrutinizes the inescapable legacy of minstrelsy 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z He proved he could when he turned to writing minstrelsy, that racist and profit-generating variety show. Review | The complicated story behind the Kentucky Derby’s opening song 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z This is cut with degrading images of Black people drawn from minstrelsy and early movies such as D.W. Art godfather Ulysses Jenkins finally gets his close-up with a Hammer show of his video art 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Her love of folklore, dialect and country people set her apart from many of her peers, who thought she was practicing minstrelsy. Review | Zora Neale Hurston was once forgotten. A new book reminds us why her voice must be heard. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z McNulty primarily objects to it because he sees it as a species of minstrelsy, even referencing the likes of Megyn Kelly to compound his argument. Feedback: Times coverage of 'Rust' shooting tragedy 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “Tambo & Bones,” a new play by Dave Harris that opened Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, scrutinizes the inescapable legacy of minstrelsy in Black entertainment. Review: The high-octane 'Tambo & Bones' scrutinizes the inescapable legacy of minstrelsy 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Horrified by Olivier’s racialized prosthetics and West Indian minstrelsy, I fled into the night, angry that anyone could speak reverently about such a repugnant performance. Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier's blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn't canceled 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The phrase itself, which predates the Gold Rush, originated in blackface minstrelsy. In rural Northern California, a town fights over Jim Crow Road 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z They feature Mexican folk songs; military band marches; minstrelsy songs of the kind that preceded American blues, folk and country music; and the voices of former Lincoln cabinet members, Southern senators, popes, preachers and comedians. Meet the guardians of the world's earliest musical recordings 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Of all the uncomfortable episodes in American history, that of minstrelsy is one that many people would like to forget. How artist Mark Steven Greenfield's Black Madonnas vanquish white supremacy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The practice of blackface minstrelsy took hold in New York City in the 1830s and became immensely popular among post-Civil War whites. Alaska House candidate dressed in blackface at holiday party 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z He glosses over the musical usages of blackface minstrelsy. Review: The history of music — all of it — in 400-plus pages 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Some viewers saw this as a racist reference to minstrelsy. Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown,” from 1931, specifies that the speaker appear in “the white suit and hat of a clown,” establishing minstrelsy as his point of entry to American life. A Music-Theatre Adaptation of Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown” 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z In a 2014 retrospective at the California African American Museum, Greenfield presented a series of works that engaged the history of blackface and minstrelsy in ways both literal and abstract. How artist Mark Steven Greenfield's Black Madonnas vanquish white supremacy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z In the 1840s and 50s, blackface minstrelsy was a dominant theatre act across the US. 'Reasserting white power': behind the psychosis that gave rise to blackface 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “It’s every bit as deep as blackface minstrelsy and slavery. It’s just out there, but we’ve kind of forgotten about it.” Native Americans say movement to end ‘redface’ is slow 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “Those who incorrectly compare our use of black makeup to ‘“blackface’ minstrelsy can first look to our name to dispel that notion,” it read. Perspective | Figuring out what’s behind the use of blackface could depend on who you ask 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Virginia’s enthusiastic embrace of minstrelsy is not unique. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z To be sure, such racist imagery was common in early American cartoons, the origins of which are intimately tied to minstrelsy and vaudeville. Blackface is a strange ghost that haunts America | Gabrielle Bellot 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Blackface minstrelsy of the 1820s and 30s emerged as a rejection of the stodgy, uptight European music that dominated at the time. 'Reasserting white power': behind the psychosis that gave rise to blackface 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The problem, he implied, was not that he was being castigated for minstrelsy but that he was being castigated for the wrong instance of it. How History Is Reflecting on the Political Leadership of Virginia 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “Unlike minstrelsy, which was designed to ridicule and mock black people, the founders of our Social Aid & Pleasure Club chose the name ‘Zulu’ to honor their African ancestry and the continent’s most fierce warriors . Perspective | Figuring out what’s behind the use of blackface could depend on who you ask 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Amateur blackface minstrelsy served the U.S. government as something akin to an official culture. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z "If it were taught, it would become problematic in America because the vestiges of blackface minstrelsy are a deep part of American culture." Behind the legacy of America's blackface 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z By the late 1800s, blackface minstrelsy had become almost entirely a vehicle of anti-black propaganda, broadcasting blacks as buffoonish, untrustworthy oafs to white Americans who, in many cases, had no other exposure to black people. 'Reasserting white power': behind the psychosis that gave rise to blackface 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z This is, of course, the exact offense of minstrelsy, the pairing of persona with pigment, the suspicion that one’s essence is epidermal. How History Is Reflecting on the Political Leadership of Virginia 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Blackface minstrelsy is considered by some to be the first uniquely American form of entertainment. AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Nor could they be unaware of the Elks’ use of blackface minstrelsy, since learning that history was part of the organization’s initiation process. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z From the White House and across the nation, anti-black caricatures orchestrated by racist white Americans were considered historical truths, and blackface and minstrelsy remained an oppressive American norm. Behind the legacy of America's blackface 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Blackface minstrelsy was born in this crucible, and similar to later forms like jazz and rock’ n’roll, came to occupy the tangled space between black music and the white mimicry – however lamentable – of black music. 'Reasserting white power': behind the psychosis that gave rise to blackface 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Blackface minstrelsy was wrong in the 19th and early 20th centuries when it played a major role in American popular culture. Blackface and hypocrisy: Northam must go, but Republicans have no moral standing on racism 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z But ABC omitted the second part of Vereen’s performance when airing it, showing only the minstrelsy segment. AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z How did this monstrous, mass-commercialized empire of amateur blackface minstrelsy end? Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z New Yorker Thomas Dartmouth Rice, considered the "father of American minstrelsy", performed under the blackface persona of Jim Crow, and his rendition of Jump Jim Crow was one of the most popular songs in America. Behind the legacy of America's blackface 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z In his 2006 book Black Like You, Strausbaugh traces the roots of blackface minstrelsy to New York’s Bowery Theatre and young Irish performers darkening their skin in comic imitations of blacks on plantations. 'Reasserting white power': behind the psychosis that gave rise to blackface 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In doing so, she displayed little awareness that blackface minstrelsy, a popular form of entertainment in the 1800s that later seeped into Hollywood productions, promoted a racist caricature and presented a distorted view of slavery. Megyn Kelly’s ‘Blackface’ Remarks Leave Her Future at NBC in Doubt 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Roker reminded viewers that blackface minstrelsy dates back to the 1830s, with the purpose of "denigrating a race." Megyn Kelly’s “sorry” for suggesting blackface isn’t racist: “I have never been a PC ki... 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Once those walls had been breached, they were horrified to discover that the music, poems, literature and plays to which their children were exposed were forms of amateur blackface minstrelsy. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Blackface, minstrelsy and white Americans mocking black culture have remained a part of US culture that some refuse to address. Behind the legacy of America's blackface 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z “Interestingly enough, the cakewalk was then appropriated into minstrelsy, created by white people as a way to mock black bodies,” he said. Dancer’s solo on black history takes him to US Capitol 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Questions about appropriation have, of course, been asked since the dawn of American popular music, from 1920s minstrelsy to 50s rock’n’roll to 90s hip-hop. 'They put us in a little box': how racial tensions shape modern soul music 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z There was lanky Banjo Pete Ellis, who gave up minstrelsy to star instead as a bank burglar and all-around sneak. Cheats, Swindlers and Ne’er-Do-Wells: A New York Family Album 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Once central to American popular culture, minstrelsy became taboo after African American activists fought against it in the 1960s and 1970s. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z And is black skin a mask that dictates behavior or does the mask free one to engage with the minstrelsy at the heart of American blackness? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, from the Heart 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z That said, it’s also true that minstrelsy is crucial to Miranda’s project: he takes the long American minstrelsy tradition of white people in blackface on stage and reverses it. Why Hamilton is making musical history 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Lee's previous work has been so rambunctiously daring — "The Shipment" experiments friskily with minstrelsy, "We're Gonna Die" turns existential anguish into cabaret — that "Straight White Men" can seem tame by comparison. 'Straight White Men' gently wrestles with the meaning of privilege 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Blackface minstrelsy was America’s most popular form of entertainment. The big “black racism” lie: The toxic right-wing trope that shrouds the truth about white supremacy 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z During Jim Crow’s century-long reign, this strange, visible and highly pervasive world of blackface minstrelsy took hold in nearly every city and town in the United States. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z These tokens of minstrelsy are loud and disruptive, caricatures of the kind of blackness that Patterson has sought to escape. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, from the Heart 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z But long after most theater companies stopped using dark makeup for their Othellos — seeing it as an uncomfortable vestige of minstrelsy — leading opera companies around the world continued to use it for their Otellos. Metropolitan Opera First: ‘Otello’ Without Blackface 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Instead, he preaches hatred through self-hatred, a strident “Jewish” minstrelsy. Royal Flush 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z American show business grew from blackface minstrelsy and its performative rather than innate notion of identity — pop as striking a pose, animating a mask, putting on style or a musical. How Top 40 Radio Democratized Music But Cho’s skit is only that when we erase the history of minstrelsy, if we consume her through a false prism where marginalized groups are afforded multi-dimensional representations in pop culture and beyond. Margaret Cho's Golden Globes Skit Was Minstrelsy, Not Comedy 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z His lapse into the demotic language of minstrelsy in the Dream Songs may turn off readers who have every right to be offended by lines like “yo legal & yo good. Is you feel well?” Remembering John Berryman, a Giant of American Poetry Scotland may not spawn such perversions, but recent history has taught us suspicion of collective identities, especially those that disguise their innate conservatism by ethnic minstrelsy. Scotland's complicity with empire does not disqualify it from independence 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The moon went down, and o'er that glowing sea, With darkness, Silence spread abroad her wing, Nor dash of oars, nor harp's wild minstrelsy Came o'er the waters in that mighty ring. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z It is stirred also by the spirit of the Scotch bard and of minstrelsy. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z He ran the theatrical gamut from minstrelsy to Shakespeare. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z We might miss part of heaven's minstrelsies But for these silent keys. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z The stranger makes minstrelsy himself, as many chieftains may. Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z But sweeter far on Adria's sea, The gondolier's wild minstrelsy In accents low began; While sounding harp and martial zel Their music joined, until the swell Seemed heaven's broad arch to span. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z One of the best descriptions of the old minstrelsy. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z The white people of the South, as evidenced by their pleasure in Negro minstrelsy, were prone to regard the Negro as a joke. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z Sister of my friend, This simple strain I consecrate to thee; Haply its music with thy soul may blend, Albeit well used to loftier minstrelsy. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Though sunshine dances merrily On wave and stream and trembling leaf, Though wild birds wake their minstrelsy, My heart is full of grief. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z He forgot all about the past, his knighthood, his minstrelsy, his home, his friends. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z But it has been maintained, in recent times, that this was but the second birth of Roman poetry, and that a golden age of native minstrelsy had preceded this historical development of literature. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It was a night for lovers and lovers were availing themselves of it, but to Newt Spooner the seductive whispers through the upper branches of the oaks carried no message of peace or minstrelsy. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z It was that at which Uncle David had paused to listen to the minstrelsy of Mr. Longcluse. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z It is an error to regard the rude minstrelsy which generally preceded the use of letters as essentially historical.” Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z Tannh�user was clad in all the trappings of knighthood; he had his armor, his lance; the harp of his minstrelsy hung by his side. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Well, to the maids 'Tis like we are beholden for this minstrelsy. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The history of minstrelsy has been culturally imprinted on most Americans. Halloween and ?disposable blackness? 2011-10-28T19:15:07Z The larger issue that a lot of people have, and I certainly have, is that he uses a certain kind of minstrelsy to play to white audiences. Behind Herman Cain?s Humor, a Question of Seriousness 2011-10-19T05:58:07Z I am convinced that in this tournament of minstrelsy the songs of Wolfgang Goethe will win the prize. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Before thy lance Altair went down, Lemuria arose Restored to temple, palace, crown, With gates that never close; And all her shining company Renewed their art and minstrelsy. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z He turns the history of Britain to the tune of popular minstrelsy, and if it is not very high poetry, at any rate it moves. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z By nature it is a sun-steeped southern region, the home of the vine and olive, of the minstrelsy of the Proven�al and the exuberance of Tartarin, distinct from the colder and more sober north. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Pray tell me why we should incline To see her in a Rondeau pine, Or sigh in shackled minstrelsy? Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.103Z There was at this time a temporary prevalence of negro minstrelsy and the variety show. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Above thee soared the Pleiades, Beneath, Auriga flared; His vast melodic harmonies Rigel with Algol shared: Space trembled to the minstrelsy Of Deneb and Alcyone. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z In sweet-toned minstrelsy is heard the cry, All clear and smooth, along the echoing sky, Of many a fresh-blown bugle full and strong, The soldier's instrument! the soldier's song! Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Were it not for that prince of mischief and minstrelsy, Bertran de Born, Henry and his folk would have been at peace long ago. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z He affirmed, on the contrary, that the noble art of minstrelsy had only now for the first time fully developed itself on higher themes,--in the praise of moral truth and seraphic beauty. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z His minstrelsy had decamped, and spoilt his show. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Reed instruments for dance and song; Brave horns beneath the blue; The sistrum and the thunder-gong; The pipe and tabour, too; And all the craft of minstrelsy: Harp, sackbut, cymbal, psaltery, Were fashioned. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z At the same table sat the knights and courtiers of the duke's train, with the German professors of minstrelsy and other learned and foreign visitors. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z In the king's train were seen the German professors of minstrelsy, who had abandoned their researches at Wordingborg castle to enliven the festival by their lays. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z And, the marshals going before, they went all to the King, guarding the fox on every side, all the trumpets, pipes, and minstrelsy sounding before him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z It contained a eulogy on minstrelsy,—described the happiness of minstrels, and reminded men to honor them. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z There shall no lost tall towers be, No idle aim of art; No useless joy of minstrelsy, No ever-empty heart; No utter silencing of song, No comrade absent from the throng. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z The spirits of the air, Of earth, of water, nay of heav’n itself, Do listen to their lay: and oft, ’tis said, In visible shapes dance they a magic round To the high minstrelsy.” The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z It was one morning, as the sun rose, and already several birds, delighted to see its returning beams, expressed their joy by their minstrelsy. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z In a certain part of Persia he had met another blind master-singer, with whom he strove for the prize of minstrelsy. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z With magic minstrelsy issuing from the thickets the wilderness evening drifted in. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z No lamentable anthem pealing high Can match the gift of pious minstrelsy. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z It is stated that he returned from this expedition with thirty shillings in coppers, collected from admirers of his minstrelsy. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z He had gone past that life—past the land of youth and love—past the islands of mirth and minstrelsy. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Nought was heard but minstrelsy, Nought but dancing met the eye, In Cassoni's vale and wood And in all the neighbourhood; Hawk and Blacklip, stanch and true, Feasted in their fashion too. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The fact of this company giving eleven performances in the theatre in August shows how very popular they were, and how Salt Lake liked minstrelsy. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z All these Are dead unhappy tales of minstrelsy. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The conversion of the people to Christianity necessarily involved the decline of the minstrelsy that celebrated the glories of heathen times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Moreover, the Spartans would not compete in minstrelsy, which they liked and criticised, but left to professional artists. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The same waves roll over all; the same requiem by the minstrelsy of the ocean is sung to their honor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z On April 4th, 5th and 6th, Haverly's minstrels filled the time, giving the Conference visitors a taste of genuine minstrelsy. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z Or pleasureless shall we pass by The long cold night and leaden day, That song, and tale, and minstrelsy Shall make as merry as the May? A Selection from the Poems of William Morris 2011-02-11T03:00:29.580Z Then rose the old man from his room, The merry damsel left her loom, And each bound death about his brow With minstrelsy and high thanksgiving! The Trojan Women of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:03.557Z The grasshopper, gnat, and fly, Serve for our minstrelsy; Grace said, we dance a while And so the time beguile: And if the moon doth hide her head, The glowworm lights us home to bed. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Yet have I seen the day when every room hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy, when thick-eyed musing and cursed melancholy fled from before me like twin evil spirits! The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Prominent in the transition from minstrelsy to the new form were Bob Cole and Ernest Hogan; and the representative musical comedy companies have been those of Cole and Johnson, and Williams and Walker. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z Hosannas there ascending Make holy minstrelsy, With Alleluiahs blending For all eternity. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z To furnish themes, No doubt, for dullard bards and minstrelsy. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z By wells and rills, in meadows green, We nightly dance our heyday guise; And to our fairy King and Queen, We chant our moonlight minstrelsies. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z They inhabit fairy palaces, enjoy rare feasts and love-making, and have their own music and minstrelsy. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z All the wild life of the wood haunted the chapel, and the place was musical with forest minstrelsy. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The soft tones of the floating minstrelsy seemed to steal upon his heart. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z I would not be A voyager on the windy seas: More sweet to me This bank where crickets chirp, and bees Buzz drowsy sunshine minstrelsies. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z Some see the image, with its exaggerated lips, as an offensive reference to minstrelsy. Tea party groups battling perceptions of racism 2010-05-05T04:00:00Z Then he took his timp�n and made for them music and minstrelsy, so that he sent them slumbering off to sleep.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z These, which form part of the popular minstrelsy of an earlier age, have all the raciness and flavour that belong to the native wild-flower of the soil. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies By wells and rills, in meadows green We nightly dance out hey-day guise And to our fairy king and queen We dance our moonlight minstrelsies. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z We must have stayed some hours in listening to this minstrelsy. A Cursory History of Swearing Bacchus, young Bacchus! good or ill betide, We dance before him through kingdoms wide: Come hither, lady fair, and joined be, To our wild minstrelsy! Heathen Mythology Her ladyship crossed to the window and shut it down with a crash, deadening the sound of Luigi’s minstrelsy as she returned to her daughter’s side. Lady Maude's Mania The Beowulf-poet is not content merely to tell us that there was minstrelsy at the feast, but like Virgil or Homer, he must give an account of what was sung. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn Wherefore it is not right to banish minstrelsy.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The little people of the reeds and grass Murmur their blithe, companionable lore, The rills renew their minstrelsy. The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy As he sat on the rock with the soft minstrelsy of the wind crooning overhead, a score of hearth-stone recitals came back to memory; all saga-like stories of the prowess of Morgan's men. The Tempering And Billy, perceiving his minstrelsy unattended to, consoled himself by humming over, for his own amusement, the remainder of his ballad. The Fortunes Of Glencore Hark! from yon stately ranks what laughter rings, Mingling wild mirth with war's stern minstrelsy, His jest while each blithe comrade round him flings, And moves to death with military glee! Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude Negro minstrelsy, sleight-of-hand, opera bouffe, high tragedy, and that oriental style of quadrille called the khan-khan, if my sluggish memory be not at fault, formed the principal attractions of the evening. Cordwood He was fond of minstrelsy, and of works of art; and he feasted his eyes on the fading grandeur of the old Italian cities. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Boone, looking up from the place where he knelt among the vines, found in his own heart the echo to all the day's minstrelsy. The Tempering We love to think of Young riding through the green lanes of his parish, and cooing out to himself his plaintive minstrelsies. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes I'd make yon sea Rival in tone heaven's sweetest minstrelsy; I'd plant within the ocean's bubbling tide An island gem, of every sea the pride! Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. The rich clothing, the minstrelsy, the more gracious manners, were always characteristic of the southerners, from the very first moment we hear of them until the end. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) There were tilts and tournaments; the park was peopled with gods and goddesses to surprise the Queen wherever she went; nymphs and mermaids rose from the pools, and there was minstrelsy on every hand. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Such tales formed the burden of the popular minstrelsy of the period, as well as of more elegant literature,—the drama, and romantic fiction. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 No one pays the least attention to this mild minstrelsy. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) There was Orpheus who played the harp so sweetly that wild beasts followed his minstrelsy, and even the trees danced after him, and settled where he stopped playing. Tales of Troy and Greece In real, that is, spontaneous minstrelsy, the fittest assonance, consonance, time, even rime, ... come of themselves with the imaginative thought.... English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In all the air about there was the sound of minstrelsy, low and very sweet; dead bards and poets reciting in faint whispers old tales and poems to dead chiefs. The Irish Fairy Book And we landed on many shores, and much I learned of the art of minstrelsy. The Sentimental Vikings Considerable resentment has been caused in various centres of poetic activity by the preference recently expressed by the Prime Minister for the products of Welsh minstrelsy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 16, 1920 Her original walk had been minstrelsy; she was the famous ballad-singer of Drogheda Street, in the year of the rebellion of '98. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Of the unrimed lyrics in The Princess, Mr. Symonds says that they "are perfect specimens of most melodious and complete minstrelsy in words." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History But to-morrow, at this hour, in whatsoever place they and I shall be, I will make minstrelsy for the fighting men.” The Irish Fairy Book The crickets make us minstrelsy— Come dance with us in Faëry, Come dance with us to-night. Undertones Two days before the Assumption of our Lady, King Arthur reached the castle, and for those two days rich feasting was held, while royal minstrelsy and merry-making of all kinds filled every soul with joy. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur To meditate my rural minstrelsy: to play on my shepherd-pipe and to sing. Minor Poems by Milton But, as has been said, Tweed and Teviot show exactly these conditions, and what of their minstrelsy remains is not touched with this strangely morose sense. In the Border Country The star, the breeze, the wave, the trees, Their minstrelsy unite, But all are drear, till thou appear To decorate the night. Cupid's Middleman "It is that hour of quiet ecstasy, When every rustling wind that passes by The sleeping leaf makes busiest minstrelsy." Rossmoyne Afterwards there was high feasting, and all manner of games and revels, with the richest minstrelsy, and jousts that lasted three days. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur Up to the time of Henry VI, and even afterward, the Yule log was greeted with bards and minstrelsy. Threads of Grey and Gold It is by far the finest contribution to modern Border minstrelsy. In the Border Country List not to their tender minstrelsy, my darling! Cupid's Middleman However, less ambitious attempts were open to him, and he had happened on Irish minstrelsy; so, left to himself, he sang Savourneen Dheelish through. When Ghost Meets Ghost Near the walls were lodged many lords of the besieging army, and there was great sound of minstrelsy and merry-making. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur The main dish was a boar’s head, roasted to a turn, and preceded by trumpets and minstrelsy. Threads of Grey and Gold The curious feature about Yarrow is the wonderful sameness which characterises the whole of its minstrelsy. In the Border Country This princess was much attached to minstrelsy and poetry, and under the tuition of Tristrem she rapidly advanced in these arts, until at length she had no equal in Ireland save her preceptor. Legends & Romances of Brittany They stayed long in the kitchen with Burchell, drinking, shouting, singing, and keeping it up; and the sound of their merry minstrelsy kept me a kind of company. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, "As much as I your minstrelsy? Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 There were Landor and Southey, Rogers and Campbell; but with Miss Barrett there came upon the scene a new minstrelsy that compelled its own recognition. The Brownings Their Life and Art Can you renounce the pleasures of a court, Whose roofs resound with minstrelsy and mirth? Percy A Tragedy Then all was jollity, Feasting and mirth, light wantonness and laughter, Piping and playing, minstrelsy and masking; 'Till life fled from us like an idle dream, A show of mummery without a meaning. Jane Shore A Tragedy All are well entertained “with meat and minstrelsy.” Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Quick to discern the minstrelsy Where planets sway and star-fires die. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 And when Christmas Day is past and gone, he makes house-to-house visitation for the Christmas-box which is to be the reward of his "early minstrelsy." Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Come dwell with me in Fancy's dream, Beside this lovely fabled stream Of minstrelsy; And let its draughts celestial roll Into the deep wells of thy soul Eternally. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 Let the grove be wrapt in silence as the nightingale outflings Her unrivaled minstrelsy, th' eclipse of every bird that sings. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes As an imitation of our Northern minstrelsy given by a band of uneducated negro musicians, the performance was a wonderful success. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Husband your mirth and minstrelsy, And let some goodly portion be Kept for their entertainment meet. The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme Coleridge, Tennyson, Browning, Swinburne, and a host besides, have drunk delight and found inspiration in the Scottish ballad minstrelsy; and it has awakened a responsive chord in the lyre of the poets of America. The Balladists Famous Scots Series The minstrelsy of Ireland seems to have drifted into the hands of the most unpoetical people in the green isle. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule They wandered on through green arcade Where fruits were hanging in the shades, And blossoms clustering fair; Strange gorgeous insects shimmered And from the brakes sweet minstrelsy Entranced the woodland air. Leading Articles on Various Subjects The harp is this chilled bosom's only queen, But how would homage from its depths have burst In gushing minstrelsy at bright sixteen, If then these eyes had rested on thee first! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 Thus Nature's volume, read aright, Attunes the soul to minstrelsy, Tinging life's clouds with rosy light, And all the world with poetry. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 No well-defined frontier can be laid down between the three chief departments of ballad minstrelsy. The Balladists Famous Scots Series Our hearts sunk into our boots when we saw the prodigious audience that was assembling to hear our crude attempts at minstrelsy. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand I am a fowler, bold and free, A man of mirth and minstrelsy; My name is ever in demand, With old and young throughout the land. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces And, the marshals going 96 before, they went all to the King, guarding the fox on every side, all the trumpets, pipes, and minstrelsy sounding before him. The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg Second Edition “Merry elves, their morrice pacing To aërial minstrelsy, Emerald rings on brown heath tracing, Trip it deft and merrily.” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas He sang of Gawaine, and Merlin, Tristrem and Isolde; and those who listened to the wondrous story felt somehow that they would never hear such minstrelsy again. Tales From Scottish Ballads Up to this period, if negro minstrelsy had made some progress, it was not marked by much improvement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Robin received but surly treatment at the palace-gates, for minstrelsy was not the fashion; and he almost began to think the disguise he had selected was an injudicious one. The Buccaneer A Tale We sit beneath the dreaming moon, And gaze upon the sea: Our hearts with Nature are in tune; List to her minstrelsy. Music and Some Highly Musical People I wake, uncared for, in the morning light; And, hour by hour, I marvel that for me The wandering wind should make its minstrelsy So sweet and calm. A Lover's Litanies Meantime Sir Roger de Mortimer played first viol in the Court minstrelsy. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers He devotes his genius to his patrons, to wine, his faithless mistress, and to "bacchanalian feasts under leafy canopies, with merry minstrelsy of birds." Jewish Literature and Other Essays Who would suffer a thought of the ambitious Wolsey or the sensual Henry to intrude where once they held gay revels and much minstrelsy in their most tyrant pastimes? The Buccaneer A Tale How often do their lightsome, inspiriting carollings ring out upon the morning air, persuasively calling us from our couches to listen in delight to Nature's minstrelsy! Music and Some Highly Musical People Everywhere the feeble literature of the period took the form either of verbal minstrelsy, drama, or pictured representations. Paul and the Printing Press Nevertheless," continued Queen Eleanor, "since it is possible that the knight you favour may be notoriously inept in arms, you shall have resource to another trial of skill—namely that of minstrelsy. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) The Jew's minstrelsy is a lament for Zion. Jewish Literature and Other Essays He took much delight in minstrelsy, and at his midnight supper songs and virelays were chanted to him. The Red True Story Book "The Memphis Appeal" says,— "They are masters of minstrelsy." Music and Some Highly Musical People The Bride hath paced into the hall: Red as a rose is she; Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Then circling outward passed the rising tones Of that sad minstrelsy, and then again Backward it swept like a great tidal wave Of anguish, all Hell's anarchy of grief Set to a sounding fugue. Pan and Æolus: Poems Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems The fingers of the Sun stroke forth a glorious strain; the worlds are shawns and cymbals for his minstrelsy. The Masque of the Elements Thus have we considered, in part, the native minstrelsy of the South. Music and Some Highly Musical People The Maypoles had been pulled down; the players whipped and banished; the bear and bull baitings, and even the mere harmless minstrelsy and ballad-singing of the streets, all rigorously pulled down. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... We'll sit and watch the sparkling waves That leap exulting by, Whilst in the pines above us raves The wind's wild minstrelsy. Enthusiasm and Other Poems If the wood thrush's execution were less labored, he would certainly be a marvelous songster, and even as it is, he furnishes unending delight to those whose ears are trained to appreciate avian minstrelsy. Our Bird Comrades Now there was a troubadour in the kingdom of Arthur, who, strolling through the land with only his minstrelsy to win him a way, found in every baron's hall and cotter's hut a ready welcome. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation This was Charles Frohman's first contact with minstrelsy, in which he was to have such an active part later on. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man There is not the remotest suggestion of the towhee minstrelsy in his prolonged and well-articulated melody. Birds of the Rockies And hushed are all the thousand songs That filled these branches high: Echo no more for me prolongs The woodland minstrelsy. Enthusiasm and Other Poems There were many robins caroling in the trees about the premises, and 'Rastus was often left out of doors among them, but he never acquired the red-breast minstrelsy. Our Bird Comrades My mandolin's mild minstrelsy, My mental music magazine, My mouth, my mind, my memory, Must mingling murmur, 'Madeline.' English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. With their record-breaking organization the Mastodons gave this feature of minstrelsy perhaps its greatest traditions. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Somewhere I had heard such minstrelsy—but where? Birds of the Rockies "And, while the wide earth echoing rung To their strange minstrelsy, The little glittering spirits sung, Or seemed to sing, to me." Emily Brontë It possesses little or no musical quality, and is perhaps the most curious style of bird minstrelsy with which I am acquainted. Our Bird Comrades So we wore the night merrily enough till the time appointed, what with minstrelsy and some deal of good wine. The Sundering Flood Drills and field exercises were relaxed, and the troops had time to rig up alfresco stages and theatres and to enjoy variety entertainments provided by comrades with talent for minstrelsy and the histrionic arts. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Much as I have listened to their minstrelsy, I have never known one kind to borrow from the musical repertory of the other. Birds of the Rockies One deed there certainly was—though the movies, which are our modern minstrelsy, will never portray it. The Innocents A Story for Lovers The noise of minstrelsy was now heard—symptoms of the marriage-feast and the banquet. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 It shows the character of Scottish minstrelsy, the belief in the world of fairies, and the lesson of hope that at the darkest moment the hour of happiness may be near. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature The weird Highland minstrelsy seemed quite in keeping with the place and solemn scene. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Having elsewhere described his minstrelsy and habits with more or less fulness, I need give him only this passing reference here. Birds of the Rockies At last, with the rising of the sun he heard a burst of minstrelsy. The Story of Rouen The play's the thing; I wonder where, What courtier with what courtesy First played it, with what lady fair, To music of what minstrelsy? The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Our praise would be unmeaning minstrelsy, our prayers a litany unheard and obsolete, all our devotional service a bootless trouble, but that “yonder the Intercessor stands and pours his all-prevailing prayer.” The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 Dim funeral trains pass melancholy by And monotone their mournful minstrelsy. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems Sitting on a sunny slope one June evening, I surrendered myself to the spell of the bunting, and endeavored to make an analysis of his minstrelsy. Birds of the Rockies Bacchus, young Bacchus! good or ill betide, We dance before him thorough kingdoms wide:– Come hither, lady fair, and joined be To our wild minstrelsy!' Endymion A Poetic Romance Anon there came along the rocky shore A far-off sound of sweetest minstrelsy. Poems My mandolin's mild minstrelsy, My mental music magazine, My mouth, my mind, my memory, Must mingling murmur "Madeline!" The Book of Humorous Verse The tones of holy minstrelsy, the solemn anthem strain, They were like voices in a dream—as meaningless and vain. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 I was especially impressed with his peculiar style of minstrelsy, so different from anything I had ever heard in the bird realm. Birds of the Rockies I have, moreover, been the first to introduce and naturalize amongst us a measure which, though common enough in the Argotic minstrelsy of France, has been hitherto utterly unknown to our pedestrian poetry. Rookwood It is their own mocking-bird of the States, introducing into its mimic minstrelsy certain variations, the imitations of sounds peculiar to Texas. The Death Shot A Story Retold Proud donzela and free, To clip nor to kiss had she Talént, nor for minstrelsy Was she fain; Mistress never would be, Nor master have; but her fee She vowed to sweet Chastity, Her suzerain. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Seated on the backless wooden benches soldiers looked at the pictures or listened to the orchestra or to their own doughboy talent showing his art at vaudeville or minstrelsy. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 To my ear it was a new kind of bird minstrelsy. Birds of the Rockies Scotland retains her independence, and those strains which are known in northern Europe as the most inspiriting and delightful, are recognised as the native minstrelsy of Caledonia. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century By wells and rills, in meadows green, We nightly dance our heyday guise; And to our fairy king and queen, We chant our moonlight minstrelsies. English Songs and Ballads Still let me sing thy praises, gracious Love, though I am entering on the days of fogeydom, and my minstrelsy is something rusty. Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) In those far-off days of minstrelsy the country was alive with fairies. Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children The greater number of his songs, arranged with music, appear in the "Lyric Gems of Scotland," a respectable collection of minstrelsy published in Glasgow. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century He purified the elder minstrelsy, and by a few gentle, but effective touches, completely renovated its fading aspects. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Greatly he loved the song of bird and man, and all melody and minstrelsy. A Child's Book of Saints During the night, the streets of these cities, particularly Rome, the capitol of Italy, are filled with all sorts of minstrelsy, and the ear is agreeably greeted with a perpetual confluence of sweet sounds. The Liberty Minstrel Those who have wrong ideas of the life to come seem to imagine that the Heavenly existence consists in minstrelsy and nothing else. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles Oh, for the torrents, wild, and free, And their rejoicing minstrelsy! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The native minstrelsy was fostered and promoted by many of his royal successors. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century We have hitherto found the Geige or Fiddle among minstrels and itinerant musicians in countries where music and minstrelsy had become an institution with the people. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators She was on a dozen charitable committees, belonged to at least three clubs, at which gentlemen as well as ladies of fashion were eligible, and where music and minstrelsy enlivened the after-dinner hours. The Mark Of Cain At this did Doom sit mighty pleased and humming to himself a bar of minstrelsy. Doom Castle The dawning hope began to gladden him that he might take his place among the bards of Scotland, who, themselves mostly unknown, have created that atmosphere of minstrelsy which envelopes and glorifies their native country. Robert Burns Thus encouraged, the native minstrelsy was fostered by the whole community, receiving accessions from succeeding generations. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century In Italy minstrelsy received but little attention or encouragement. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Moreover, it is certain that the Eastern minstrels left their impress in Spain, and that the Crusaders brought back from the Orient, among many other novelties, the custom of encouraging minstrelsy. Woman's Work in Music Save gladsome song and minstrelsy to flow our cups between? The Bon Gaultier Ballads At other times they were entirely original both in subject and in expression, though cast in the form of the ancient minstrelsy. Robert Burns For her glorious path the sea she hath, And she wanders bold and free, And the tempest's breath and the billows' wrath Are her mighty minstrelsy! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century That the Spanish were influenced by their Moorish conquerors with regard to music, minstrelsy, and dancing is certain. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators See especially chapters iii. and iv. of this work for an admirably complete and illuminating account of minstrelsy. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Alfred, sitting on the horse's back, leaned far over toward the man and detailed the sad results of his first venture in minstrelsy. Watch Yourself Go By He felt that both Johnson and Thomson were enthusiasts, labouring to embalm in a permanent form their country's minstrelsy, and that they were doing this without any hope of profit. Robert Burns Meanwhile the various forms of popular minstrelsy, whose general course we have already traced, were powerfully appealing to this part of the musical endowment of the hearers. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present He is constantly the recipient of ovations which demonstrate the power of his minstrelsy, and his lack of especial physical attractiveness is no bar to the witchery of his voice. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing And the day they spent in discourse, and minstrelsy, and feasting. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 After the Pittsburgh engagement it was carefully laid away and thus Alfred was preserved to minstrelsy. Watch Yourself Go By And that day and that night were spent in abundance of minstrelsy, and ample gifts of liquor, and a multitude of games. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 "Amid the general dance and minstrelsy" who would wear a long face, unless it were in sympathy with his length of ears? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 In the green solitudes Of the deep, shady woods Thy lot is kindly cast, and life to thee Is like a gust of rarest minstrelsy. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform I deride neither song nor minstrelsy, For they are given by God to lighten thought; But him who abuses them, For blaspheming Jesus and his service.” The Mabinogion Vol. 3 However, the arrangements went no further as Mr. Rankin's health failed him rapidly and it was not long until minstrelsy lost one of the most versatile performers that ever adorned it. Watch Yourself Go By And in the Court they had ample entertainment, and a multitude of gifts, and abundance of liquor, and a sufficiency of service, and a variety of minstrelsy and of games. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 Naught of these!—And fewer notes Hath the wind alone that floats Over naked trees and snows; Half its minstrelsy it owes To its orchestra of leaves. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 The performances consist of Ethiopian minstrelsy, comic songs, farces, and the dancing of "beauteous Terpsichorean nymphs"; and these succeed one another with not a minute's intermission for three or four hours. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 That night they continued to discourse as much as they would, and had minstrelsy and carousing, and when it was more pleasant to them to sleep than to sit longer, they went to rest. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 Bob predicted the success for Alfred in farming that he had attained in minstrelsy. Watch Yourself Go By And he loved his wife, and liked to continue in the palace, with minstrelsy and diversions. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 The sight moves us as the majestic minstrelsy of seas in tempest. A Hero and Some Other Folks His lyrical pieces are among the best of his compositions, and his ballads, too few in number, betray that love which he has always felt for the melodious minstrelsy of the ancient bards. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Their drawing is a rude Sbozzo, and their poetry wild minstrelsy. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies He has caught their colouring as truly as Burns did that of the Scottish minstrelsy. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers In bold enthusiastic glee I sung rude strains of minstrelsy, Which mingling with died o'er the dale, Unheeded as the plover's wail. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The woods and fields should echo far My choicest minstrelsy, While earth and sky would both unite To join the revelry. Our Profession and Other Poems His lyrics are few, but these merit a place in the minstrelsy of his country. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century But causes far deeper and wider than that of minstrelsy wrought in the favorable influence of chivalry on the condition of women, causes psychological, physiological, and social. The Friendships of Women From mine almost deserted shell, In mournful accents yet to tell That slumbers not its minstrelsy. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times His best production—"The Emigrant's Love-letter"—will maintain a place in the national minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Ten thousand fairies clad in green Enliven the sequestered scene, With noiseless dance and mirth, And minstrelsy of heaven conspires With liquid laughs and wind-played lyres To charm the scenes of earth. Our Profession and Other Poems Park's compositions were not strictly lyrical, but "The Patriot's Song," which we have selected from his volume, seems worthy of a place in the national minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century But if the amorous selections of that crude minstrelsy made any impression upon her, she gave no indication. A Pagan of the Hills A proposition which works out such a result may serve for a joke in negro minstrelsy: it will hardly be accepted as honest figuring by the recipient of the minimum pay. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Even the sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the midwatches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse The last day was a trial of minstrelsy. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside As a poet and song-writer he claims a place in the national minstrelsy, which the irregular habits of his life will not forfeit. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century But towards nightfall there appeared close ahead a blaze of windows lit and then a tall castle with dim towers soaring up and shaking to the din of minstrelsy. Wandering Heath A zealous and respectable antiquary and cultivator of historical literature, Joseph Train is likewise worthy of a niche in the temple of Scottish minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century No court or hall was complete without the presence of the bard, who enlivened the feast with his minstrelsy and song. The Poetry of Wales This hymn was the only note of her minstrelsy, and it has outlived her by more than three-quarters of a century. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Mr Buchan was justly esteemed as a zealous and industrious collector of the elder Scottish minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Scotland has probably produced a more patriotic and more extended minstrelsy than any other country in the world. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Dr Henry Duncan the distinguished founder of Savings' Banks, and the promoter of various schemes of social economy, we are enabled to record among the contributors to Caledonian minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The song and minstrelsy of Wales have from the earliest period of its history been nurtured by its eisteddfodau. The Poetry of Wales We read of King Alfred charming the Danes with his minstrelsy. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Many of his poems are powerful, both in expression and sentiment; and several of his songs are worthy of a place in the national minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Though the author of a single popular song, William Dudgeon is entitled to a place among the modern contributors to the Caledonian minstrelsy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The various kinds of Highland minstrelsy admit of simple classification. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Ioras, pied wagtails, pied chats, and wood-shrikes continue to contribute their not unworthy items to the minstrelsy of the Indian countryside. A Bird Calendar for Northern India This was none other than he who was to be the father of Cymry minstrelsy, and whom then and there his rescuers named Taliesin, which means Radiant Brow. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth This is also, in a great measure, true of the unknown poets, who have contributed so much to Scottish minstrelsy in the days of the later Stuarts. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century A loose ribaldry tainted the songs and ballads which circulated among the peasantry, and she was convinced that the diffusion of a more wholesome minstrelsy would essentially elevate the moral tone of the community. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century I must not, however, forget that a very good foundation was laid for my love of sweet sounds in the unsurpassed minstrelsy of my native land as sung by my father. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie It is the presence or absence of the voices of these latter which imparts distinctive features to the minstrelsy of every month of the year. A Bird Calendar for Northern India His humbler minstrelsy has soothed many an English heart from the tale of "Lycidas" to the elegiac verse of Tennyson. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors Cromek urged him to collect the elder minstrelsy of Nithsdale and Galloway as an exercise more profitable than the composition of verses. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The new collection of minstrelsy, unexceptionable as it was in the words attached to all the airs, commanded a wide circulation, and excited general attention. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Thy waves are old companions, I shall see A well-remembered form in each old tree And hear a voice long-loved in thy wild minstrelsy. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention Puddock also saluted, still thrumming a low chord or two as he did so, for he was not ashamed, like his stout playmate, and saw nothing incongruous in their early minstrelsy. The House by the Church-Yard But our people had a native gift of song, and a tradition of poetic lore, which lived in memory, and was sustained by the profession of minstrelsy. Anglo-Saxon Literature It was a brief illumination, lasting only a century or more, and leaving few traces; but it may account for the superior intellectual quality which later distinguished Provence, the home of minstrelsy. A Short History of France She experienced much gratification in finding her simple minstrelsy supplanting the coarse and demoralising rhymes of a former period; and this mental satisfaction she preferred to fame. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The love of Scottish minstrelsy first awakened his literary sense, and the stimulus supplied by ballads and romances never lost its force. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Flute, harp, and minstrelsy now tune All hearts to joyful mood; The cheerful music does not reach To Bertha's solitude. Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People Kothner's reading of the rules of correct minstrelsy is one of the exceptions, and the night-watchman's crying of the hour is another; but these, as Lamb said of Coleridge's philosophic preaching, are "only his fun." Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Thence from earth to Olympus, fleet as thought, he goes to the House of Zeus, into the Consistory of the other Gods, and anon the Immortals bethink them of harp and minstrelsy. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological In the second act we are at the Wartburg, in the Hall of Song in which those tournaments of minstrelsy were held, for which the castle was celebrated in the middle ages. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. This general antithesis between the higher and lower minstrelsy may now, perhaps, be regarded as established. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature "It is to few—to none indeed save you that I have confided the secret of my minstrelsy," he said deferentially a little later. Diane of the Green Van When he took pains, he could catch the very manner as well as the spirit of ancient minstrelsy; but if his work is examined under the microscope it is easy to detect flaws. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Mindful of thee they delight thee with boxing, and dances, and minstrelsy in their games. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Others in the company were the relics of the old days of negro minstrelsy, and still others recruited from the church choirs in the large cities. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Here, he dimly felt, was the great key To golden palaces, strange minstrelsy, ... aye, to all the mazy world Of silvery enchantment. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned But I was thinking that by rights, while we are standing here, those windows should blaze with lights and break forth with the noise of dancing and minstrelsy. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 This refinement and magnanimity are akin to that ideality of temper which makes Don Quixote at once so noble and so ridiculous, and which is quite remote from the sincere realism of the British minstrelsy. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century To Mnemosyne first of Gods he gave the meed of minstrelsy, to the Mother of the Muses, for the Muse came upon the Son of Maia. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Before Percy no concerted or intelligent effort had been made toward collecting, preserving, and editing the corpus poetarum of English minstrelsy. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century By well and rills, in meadows green, We nightly dance our heyday guise; And to our fairy king and queen We chant our moonlight minstrelsies. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The dangers of the process became manifest—the king of Bokkara is forgotten, and the heart of the unfortunate princess is won by the beauty and the minstrelsy of the youthful poet. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The hero was a legendary poet of the time of the Crusades, who was victor in a contest of minstrelsy on the Wartburg. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century I marvel, Son of Zeus, at this, the music of thy minstrelsy. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological "The school of Warton" was a term employed, not without disparaging implications, by critics who had no liking for antique minstrelsy. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Frozen, they burst to life, To nature's minstrelsy— A resurrection type Of immortality. The Mountain Spring and Other Poems He gave the impulse which produced the minstrelsy of Scott and the simple stories of Wordsworth. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction In reproducing the homely diction of old popular minstrelsy, Coleridge's art was nicer than Scott's and more perfect at every point. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Hail, thou child of beautiful Semele, none that is mindless of thee can fashion sweet minstrelsy. p. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological By wells and rills, in meadows green, We nightly dance our heydeguys; And to our fairy king and queen We chant our moon-light minstrelsies. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' November is so drear and chill Whilst making leafless branch and tree, Whilst sweeping over vale and hill With all her doleful minstrelsy. The Mountain Spring and Other Poems "The Joyous Science, as the profession of minstrelsy was termed, had its various ranks, like the degrees in the Church and in chivalry." English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Keats, like his friend Hunt, turned instinctively away from northern to southern Gothic; from rough border minstrelsy to the mythology and romance of the races that dwelt about the midland sea. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century I therefore showed no signs of impatience, and I saw her consult her watch in the course of her ugly minstrelsy, and slyly glance, as if expecting something, in the direction of our destination. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh It is there that the veglia, or evening rendezvous of lovers, the serenades and balls and feste, of which one hears so much in the popular minstrelsy, take place. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series His songs, so soft and tender, and yet so redolent of manliness and hope, inspired the ambition to compose a minstrelsy as wild and vigorous as themselves. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 He returned to his friends, and entered for a competition in minstrelsy. Wagner Dr. T. Again, JOSEPH, is not that—ahem!—quotation from the popular minstrelsy of our time a leetle reminiscent of ruder, and more Radical days? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 Till from the chariot of the sky His mantle fell to bless-- The stern, half-savage seer Became a prophecy Of gladness and the Golden Year, In all high minstrelsy. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs At last, Alcinous, who had hitherto been totally absorbed in that rare minstrelsy, observed his guest's emotion, and partly divining the cause came to his relief. Stories from the Odyssey But though the rest of Mardi much delighted to list to such noble minstrelsy, they agreed not with Bello's poets in deeming the lagoon their old monarch's hereditary domain. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Immediately a prelude of pipe, cittern and viol, touched with practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighboring thicket in such a mirthful cadence that the boughs of the Maypole quivered to the sound. Twice Told Tales I stood still on the pavement and sang 'Scots wha hae' at the top of my old cracked voice, and they, appreciating the welcome, and excusing the minstrelsy, waved their hands to me. The Bed-Book of Happiness The remembrance of his activity and gaiety on the previous day, and of his sweet minstrelsy on the very eve of his voice being hushed for ever, came sadly to their minds. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune Say that Bion the herdsman is dead," says the threnody, appealing to the Sicilian muses, "and that song has died with Bion, and the Dorian minstrelsy hath perished.... Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Sure Love's own hand In kindest mood hath wrought this minstrelsy. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 His 'Ballads of Scotland' was issued in 1858; it is an edition of the best ancient minstrelsy, with preface and notes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 The ear is regaled with the perpetual music of wind and ocean and feathered minstrelsy, of childhood's voice and the sweet converse of friends. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Woe, woe, thou wretched murderer, Thou curse of minstrelsy! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English I have heard them fall Like the strain of all King Oberon's minstrelsy. Poems Household Edition Orpheus: Or pleasureless shall we pass by The long cold night and leaden day, That song and tale and minstrelsy Shall make as merry as the May? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Moreover, he was himself the son of a border chief and knew minstrelsy almost at his nurse's knee: and the lilt of a ballad was always like wine to his heart. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities They show how powerfully his boyish fancy had been affected by the old rural minstrelsy of his own country, and how easily his native taste caught the secret of its charm. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters King David has been exiled from the Psalter; but no "sweet singers" have yet turned up who could have composed those matchless minstrelsies. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography During the last years of Sir Walter's life, he visited in the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, and Selkirk, the various scenes which his graphic pen has delineated and incorporated in his minstrelsy and romance. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 Then, accompanying them to the court of their master, King Mark, he charmed every one with his minstrelsy, and was invited to tarry there as long as he pleased. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art I believe I have mentioned to you before the peculiar characteristics of this veritable negro minstrelsy—how they all sing in unison, having never, it appears, attempted or heard anything like part-singing. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 The effect was heightened by enlivening strains of minstrelsy, and the fanfares of the trumpeters. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance He allows no change of season to abate his minstrelsy, to any observable degree, and seems equally happy and musical all the year round. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden The Jacobite period from 1710 to 1750 considerably influenced Irish minstrelsy, and some of the most delightful airs were adapted to Jacobite lyrics. The Glories of Ireland To prove the truth of their assertions, Wat exhibited his skill in athletic sports, while Horant delighted all the ladies by his proficiency in the art of minstrelsy. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Still, from memory's urn, The lingering blossoms tenderly Refute our wilding minstrelsy. The Book of American Negro Poetry In our names we 're alike But in minstrelsy—ah no! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919 As I emerged into a broader thoroughfare, my ears were smitten with the sound of minstrelsy. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Banished from the highways they betook themselves to alehouses—followed the trade of pipers and fiddlers—and minstrelsy was no longer known in England. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832 Oh, wherefore ask a song of me; Romance within my heart is dead; Hush'd is my spirit's minstrelsy, Youth's golden visions all have fled. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland The aerial Stranger soon made free, Nor miss'd Apollo's minstrelsy; For chirping Grasshoppers were heard, With dulcet notes of many a Bird That sought at noon the umbrageous glade And softly sung beneath the shade. An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects Those mighty ones of old, half men half gods, Wrought deeds that shine in many a subtle strain; I, no unpractised minstrel, sing but him; Divinest ears disdain not minstrelsy. Theocritus, translated into English Verse With an ear for winter minstrelsy, I brought two home in a handkerchief, and assigned them an elegant suite of apartments under a loose brick. A Kentucky Cardinal By night and day you have your minstrelsy, Your feet soft carpets kiss and half conceal; While fragrant blooms adorn your scented bower, Fruits fresh and rare lie in abundance near. Armenian Literature From minstrelsy's mêlée, Its foam and its surge, A Keats or a Shelley May haply emerge; Or there may be a Tupper To leaven the lot— Some bards are immortal And others are not. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Sir Walter Scott did the same with better tact and skill in his Border minstrelsy, and how many distinguished editors are there, who have tamed and smoothed down the natural wildness and irregularity of Blake? English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The Giant's Wooing Methinks all nature hath no cure for Love, Plaster or unguent, Nicias, saving one; And this is light and pleasant to a man, Yet hard withal to compass—minstrelsy. Theocritus, translated into English Verse In the latter case the lines are a striking instance of the prophetic power of minstrelsy, and justify the use of the word "vates," or seer, as applied to poets by the ancient Romans. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 I'm come! like a seraph's sigh Breath'd to ethereal minstrelsy, And well ye'll deem what a sigh must be From the tearless heirs of eternity! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 334, October 4, 1828 There are times when Ethiopian minstrelsy can amuse, if it does not charm, a weary soul,—and such a vacant hour there was on this same Friday evening. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 But their minstrelsy was changed, their music gone; and sounding one long melancholy chord, Tom drooped his head upon his hands and gave it up as hopeless. Martin Chuzzlewit Under the compound operation of this materia medica Robin's wounds healed apace, and the friar, who hated minstrelsy, began as usual chirping in his cups. Maid Marian During many ages, and through many revolution, minstrelsy retained its influence over both the Teutonic and the Celtic race. Lays of Ancient Rome And then begin the minstrels to make their minstrelsy in divers instruments with all the melody that they can devise. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Vaudeville and minstrelsy were their first commercial products. The Black Experience in America Immediately a prelude of pipe, cithern, and viol, touched with practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighboring thicket, in such a mirthful cadence that the boughs of the Maypole quivered to the sound. From Twice Told Tales Robin stopped his minstrelsy, and said to the bishop, "This seems to me an unfit match." Maid Marian I though of England’s grand Liturgy, and Tate and Brady’s sonorous minstrelsy. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest And when the philosophers have done and performed their commandments, then the minstrels begin to do their minstrelsy, everych in their instruments, each after other, with all the melody that they can devise. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville When minstrelsy and jazz spread around the world, they were seen as American productions. The Black Experience in America Lost, lost, the man who mindeth the minstrelsy; Since still, in sandy, glittering pleasances, Cold, stony fruits, gem-like but quite in- Edible, flatter and wholly starve him. New Poems Taxicabs were still new in New York, and the theme of popular minstrelsy. The Song of the Lark Such hast thou armed, the minstrelsy of Heaven, Servility with freedom to contend, As both their deeds compared this day shall prove. Paradise Lost If I did, your visage so grim and stern Would relax in a ghastly smile, For of music I never one note could learn, And my feeble minstrelsy would turn Your chant to discord vile. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon It was "a scene full of life and fun, of jostling, scuffling, and racing, of clown performances and cake-walks, of impromptu minstrelsy, speech-making, and preaching, of deviling, guying, and fighting, both real and mimic." Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue And now we were best get to horse; for what with meat and minstrelsy, we have worn away the day till it wants but a little of noon. The Well at the World's End: a tale He lov'd in her the fondness of his art, And taught her many wild and simple airs, Suiting the plaintive tenor of her voice, Which he would mimic with sweet minstrelsy. Poems And, Pleasure, see that plays be published, May-games and masques, with mirth and minstrelsy, Pageants and school-feasts, bears and puppet plays. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 On the thorn, Which arms the hedgerow, the young birds invite With merry minstrelsy, shrilly and maz'd With winding cadences: now quick, now sunk In the low twitter'd song. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire Half Jacobite, nursling of old minstrelsy, he was also half Jacobin, an early-born child of the upheaval that closed the century; as essentially a foe of Calvinism as Hume himself. Thomas Carlyle The wool that a knight sheareth is war and battle; that is wounding and death; but the cry is the talk and boasting and minstrelsy that goeth before all this. The Well at the World's End: a tale Refreshing it is to turn to the Toulouse of minstrelsy. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Each troubadour thought it needful to be dedicated to the service of some lady, in whose honor all his exploits in arms or achievements in minstrelsy were performed. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Fare ye well, and come to my house To drink wine and eat a piece of souse; And we will have minstrelsy, That shall pipe Hankin boby. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Days of festival followed, with jousting and minstrelsy. The Forest Lovers The latter learned much from their enemies, without losing the patriotic and religious ardor which was fostered by the popular minstrelsy, and by the romantic exploits and encounters with the "infidels." Outline of Universal History While under this influence he had thought of seeking his subject among the heroes of these lays of old minstrelsy. Milton On these occasions he is invariably preceded by musicians, who announce his approach with cheerful minstrelsy and songs. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Can it be," thought I, "that Master Fred has given himself up to minstrelsy; or is it some little dress rehearsal for a serenade? Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 To Anna Three Years Old My Anna, summer laughs in mirth, And we will of the party be, And leave the crickets in the hearth For green fields' merry minstrelsy. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Such pleasantries might have been indefinitely extended had not unusual sounds of mirth and minstrelsy coming from behind arrested their attention. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada There is to be a boar's head, with, no lack of mustard and minstrelsy, and nothing eatable or drinkable that pertains to Christmas will be wanting. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches There were tiltings and jousts at the ring, and bullfights, and banquets, and dances to the sound of minstrelsy. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Your second in a ballad is not to be replaced; besides, Carlisle Bridge has got low; medical students and young attorneys affect minstrelsy, and actually frequent the haunts sacred to our muse. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 When sleep had seal'd each weary eye; When the dance was o'er, And harps no more Rang out in choral minstrelsy. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge And the faun leaning against an aged elm, ere yet the midnight waned, the elves danced their charmed round to the antique minstrelsy of his pipe,—the minstrelsy of the Grecian world! The Pilgrims of the Rhine The Muses love thy shrilly tone; Apollo calls thee all his own; 'Twas he who gave that voice to thee, 'Tis he who tunes thy minstrelsy. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes To give these satires a wider circulation, the Norman-French came to be frequently used, but at the close of the period the English dialect was almost the only organ of this satirical minstrelsy. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities What think you of the minstrelsy, my lord? The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day Many poets are reciting their poems to big, eager, enthusiastic audiences, and the atmosphere is charged with the melodies of ubiquitous minstrelsy. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century And in Life and Song he repeats the same idea: None of the singers ever yet Has wholly lived his minstrelsy, Or truly sung his true, true thought. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Should those lips as now respond To sweet minstrelsy, When their accents seem most fond, Then think they're breathed for me. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes During this period there was a wide difference between the minstrelsy patronized by the nobility and the old ballads preserved by the popular memory. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities But hark—to divert this angry parley—I hear no unpleasing touch of minstrelsy. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day For in The Congo we have real minstrelsy. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Yet how pleasant to listen to their minstrelsy in the green summer foliage, where they are not too abundant! Birds in Town and Village Oh! could the lover learn from thee, And breathe them with thy graceful tone, Such sweet, beguiling minstrelsy Would make the coldest nymph his own. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Intrusted, like the Grecian heroic minstrelsy, to oral recitation, it was not until the propitious reign of Charlemagne that these verses were collected. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities A general burst of minstrelsy succeeded to the acclamations, and rock and greenwood rang to harp and pipes, as lately to shout and yell of woe. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day |
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