Down among the Cane-Brakes | American Music at Pitt

Down among the Cane-Brakes

Artist (Composed By):

Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)

WARNING: This is a blackface minstrel song, a genre that features demeaning caricatures rooted in racism and white supremacy.

“Down among the Cane-Brakes” was dentered for copyright deposit on November 15, 1860, by Firth, Pond & Co.

Alternate Title:

Down among de Cane Brakes

Publication Date:

1860

Manuscript:

Title: "Down among the Cane-Brakes"
Creator: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Date: June 26, 1851
Collection: Stephen Foster Collection
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Title: "Down among the Cane-Brakes"
Creator: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Date: June 26, 1851
Collection: Stephen Foster Collection
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Title: "Down among the Cane-Brakes"
Creator: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Date: June 26, 1851
Collection: Stephen Foster Collection
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Published Score:

Down among the cane brakes

Details

Title: Down among the cane brakes
Date: 1860
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.

Songbook:

Songs. Selections. Text Text

Image:

cover for "Down Among the Cane Brakes"

Image Attribution:

Foster Hall Collection, Center for American Music

Image Copyright:

public domain