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minstrel music

music genre associated with variety shows employing racist caricature and blackface
Intangible music_genre Q1937548
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minstrel music

Summary

minstrel music is a music genre[1].

Key Facts

  • minstrel music's instance of is recorded as music genre[2].
  • minstrel music is a type of musical theater[3].
  • minstrel music is a type of music of North America[4].
  • minstrel music's country of origin is recorded as United States[5].
  • 1830 marks the founding of minstrel music[6].
  • minstrel music's described by source is recorded as Oxford Bibliographies Online[7].
  • minstrel music's different from is recorded as Minstrel[8].
  • minstrel music's different from is recorded as minstrel song[9].

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Definition and Type

minstrel music's instance of is recorded as music genre[2]. Recorded subclass of include musical theater[3] and music of North America[4].

Origins

1830 marks the founding of minstrel music[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → musical theater, music of North America
    Instance of → music genre
    Library of congress authority id → sh95008868
    Fast id → 1023489
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563662705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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