biography
| name: |
Christy, Edwin P(earce)
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pronunciation:
[kristee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1815–62)
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| biography:
| Entertainer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the originator of the Christy Minstrels show. He was singing with two assistants at a public house in Buffalo in 1842, but steadily increased the success of his ‘black-face’ minstrelsy, taking his show to New York City and London. Many of his songs were commissioned from Stephen Foster. He retired in 1855, and committed suicide during a fit of insanity. |
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