minstrel
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There were different metrics—say, the number of sheet-music copies pulled from a publisher’s warehouse or the frequency of reprintings or how often it appeared in minstrel shows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
His father, who died when Marshall was 10, occasionally sang in a minstrel act and Marshall’s sister, actor Joanne Dru, worked as a showgirl at the Copa Club.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
White minstrel performers like Joel Walker Sweeney were credited with popularizing the instrument that inspired a vital part of popular music in the country seen as "hillbilly" music.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024
Dane Laffrey’s resourceful set — a raised wooden platform flanked, courtroom-style, by simple chairs — effectively evokes a minstrel stage, soapbox and gallows at once.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
"Because," announced Tristran, "every lover is in his heart a madman, and in his head a minstrel."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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