minstrel
91Bob Farrell (minstrel singer) — Bob Farrell was a New York City based blackface minstrel singer, best known for introducing the song Zip Coon at the Bowery Theatre in 1834, [Chase, pg. 234] [Ewen, pg. 23] which later gave the tune to Turkey in the Straw , one of the most famous …
92John Hodges (minstrel) — John Hodges (28 July,[1] 1821 23 April, 1891) was an early blackface minstrel entertainer, who wrote or popularized the song Buffalo Gals, published by him in 1844 under the title Lubly Fan . There is some dispute as to whether he composed the… …
93Blind Harry or Henry the Minstrel — (fl. 1470 1492) Is spoken of by John Major in his History of Scotland as a wandering minstrel, skilled in the composition of rhymes in the Scottish tongue, who fabricated a book about William Wallace, and gained his living by reciting it to… …
94Henry The Minstrel — (?1470 ?1492) Henry the Minstrel, or Blind Harry or Hary, a Scottish poet, was the author of the epic poem in 12 books The Life of Sir William Wallace around 1460; it was translated into modern English by William of Gilbertfield in 1722.… …
95Christy minstrel — /krisˈti minˈstrəl/ noun One of a troupe of entertainers with blackened faces ORIGIN: Instituted by George Christy, 19c US composer …
96BORDER MINSTREL — Sir Walter Scott …
97Border Minstrel — Sir Wa l t e r Scott …
98Henry the Minstrel — Blind Harry …
99Henry, The Minstrel — see Blind Harry …
100Daeron — Minstrel and chief loremaster of King Thingol of Doriath; deviser of the Cirth (Runes); enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her; friend (or kinsman) of Saeros. A loremaster and minstrel to Thingol of Doriath, famed for his radical… …