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EMMETT, DANIEL DECATUR (1815-1904)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 343 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EMMETT, See also:DANIEL See also:DECATUR (1815-1904) , See also:American See also:song-writer, was borh at See also:Mount See also:Vernon, See also:Ohio. He started the " See also:negro See also:minstrel " performances, which from 1842 onwards became so popular in See also:America and See also:England, and he composed a number of songs which had a See also:great temporary See also:vogue. He is remembered particularly as the writer of the famous See also:Southern See also:war-song " Dixie," which he composed in 1859.

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