Daniel Decatur Emmett

Daniel Decatur Emmett

Daniel Decatur Emmett (October 29, 1815 – June 28, 1904) was an American composer, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie".

Birth and Death Data: Born October 29, 1815 (Mount Vernon), Died June 28, 1904

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	102	7-in.	4/7/1898	Dixie	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Berliner	942	7-in.	10/14/1896	Dixie	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Berliner	4261	7-in.	Apr. 1898	Dixie	Apollo Quartette	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Berliner	054	7-in.	3/28/1899	Dixie’s land	George J. Gaskin	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Berliner	0213	7-in.	6/7/1899	Dixie	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]320	7-in.	10/2/1900	Dixie cheers	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]915	7-in.	7/17/1901	In Dixie land	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]915	10-in.	10/26/1901	In Dixie land	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-1745	10-in.	10/10/1904	Dixie	Byron G. Harlan ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	E-1745	8-in.	1/23/1907	Dixie Land	Byron G. Harlan ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-1778	10-in.	10/17/1904	Dixie	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-1778	12-in.	10/17/1904	Dixie	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-1940	10-in.	11/16/1904	Dixie Land	Manhattan Female Quartet	Female vocal quartet	composer
Victor	A-2070	7-in.	12/21/1904	Dixie	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-2418	10-in.	3/25/1905	Dixie	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	E-2418	8-in.	3/30/1906	Dixie	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-4497	12-in.	5/16/1907	Dixie fantasia	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-4497	10-in.	7/3/1907	Dixie fantasia	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-6268	10-in.	6/15/1908	Lullaby	Harold Jarvis	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8061	10-in.	6/16/1909	Dixie	Whitney Brothers Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer
Victor	B-9010	10-in.	5/25/1910	Dixie	Maud Powell	Violin solo, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	B-17031	10-in.	1/19/1916	Dixie land	Kitty Cheatham	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18971	10-in.	1/8/1917	Dixie	Mabel Garrison ; Victor Male Quartet	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23723	10-in.	2/6/1920	Dixie	Criterion Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	BVE-42565	10-in.	3/26/1928	Dixie	Mary Lewis	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-49020	10-in.	12/26/1928	Dixie	Victor Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus, with band	composer
Victor	BVE-51066	10-in.	3/28/1929	Dixie	Ralph Crane	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-048774	10-in.	4/11/1940	Dixie	Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	composer, lyricist
Columbia	361	7-in.	ca. 1901	Dixie	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	361	10-in.	approximately 1901	Dixie	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	451	10-in.	approximately 1901	Dixie land	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Columbia	451	7-in.	ca. 1901	Dixie	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Columbia	1777	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Apr. 1904	Dixie	Harlan and Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra and fife and drum corps effect	composer, lyricist
Columbia	19732	10-in.	1/22/1912	Dixie	Cecil Fanning	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	46968	10-in.	8/17/1916	Medley of patriotic airs	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	47062	10-in.	10/13/1916	Jordan am a hard road to travel	Harry C. Browne	Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra	composer
Columbia	47199	10-in.	11/29/1916	Southern medley	Fred Van Eps	Banjo solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77004	10-in.	4/23/1917	Dixie	Broadway Quartette [i.e., Columbia Stellar Quartette] ; Edgar Stoddard	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	78277	10-in.	1/29/1919	Dixie	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	80827	10-in.	2/2/1923	Southern medley	Harry Reser ; Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	composer
Columbia	30370	12-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1910	Dixie	Kitty Cheatham ; Vess L. Ossman	Female vocal solo, with banjo	composer
Columbia	W143795	10-in.	3/29/1927	Dixie	Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal duet	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W147363	10-in.	10/31/1928	Dixie	Red Mountain Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio, with talking, whistling, and percussive effects	composer
Columbia	90054	10-in.	approximately 1919	Old Dan Tucker	Bentley Ball	Male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	S-7582	10-in.	Sept. 1920	Grand fantasia on Dixie	Conway's Band	Band	composer
OKeh	W80462	10-in.	2/21/1927	Dixie	Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson	Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	5299	10-in.	approximately Mar. 1921	Dixie	Criterion Male Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	14399-14401	10-in.	12/5/1924	Dixie	Criterion Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E29100	10-in.	1/12/1929	Dixie	Brunswick Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E34421	10-in.	9/18/1930	Dixie	Kessinger Brothers	Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet	composer
Edison	4655	10-in.	4/13/1916	Dixie	New York Military Band	Band, with banjo and whistling	composer, lyricist
Edison	4659	10-in.	4/13/1916	Dixie	Metropolitan Mixed Chorus	Mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	6709	10-in.	4/7/1919	From the land of the sky-blue water	Frieda Hempel	Soprano vocal solo and vocal chorus, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Vocalion	13307	10-in.	June 1924	Dixie	Uncle "Am" Stuart	Fiddle (violin) solo	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Emmett, Daniel Decatur," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104033.

Emmett, Daniel Decatur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104033.

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