Dan Emmett

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Dan Emmett was a 19th-century American songwriter and blackface minstrel performer best known for composing the song "Dixie."

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Old Dan Tucker 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
blackface minstrel
composer
human
minstrel performer
song
songwriter
activePeriod 19th century
associatedWith American Civil War era popular music
minstrel shows in the United States
birthDate 1815-10-29
birthPlace Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
composer Dan Emmett NERFINISHED
Dan Emmett NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1904-06-28
deathPlace Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup white American
familyName Emmett NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork entertainment
music composition
theatrical performance
fullName Daniel Decatur Emmett NERFINISHED
genre American popular music
minstrel music
givenName Daniel NERFINISHED
hasGender male
hasInfluenceOn American popular music of the 19th century
minstrel show tradition
instrument banjo
fiddle
knownFor composing the song "Dixie"
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Decatur NERFINISHED
movement blackface minstrelsy
name Dan Emmett NERFINISHED
notableFor early blackface minstrel shows
notableWork Dixie NERFINISHED
Old Dan Tucker NERFINISHED
occupation composer
minstrel performer
songwriter
placeOfBurial Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
residence Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
workLocation United States of America
surface form: United States

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Old Dan Tucker composer Dan Emmett
Old Dan Tucker lyricist Dan Emmett