[DOC] [TLE] Christy's Minstrels - Wikipedia [PAR] Christy's Minstrels, sometimes referred to as the Christy Minstrels, were a 
blackface group formed by Edwin Pearce Christy, ... After performing at a benefit 
performance for Stephen Foster in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 25, 1847, the 
group specialized ... Foster sold his song, Old Folks at Home, to Christy for his 
exclusive use. [DOC] [TLE] Old Folks at Home | song by Foster | Britannica.com [PAR] Co., the New York publishers to whom he had previously given the rights for 
Nelly Was a Lady. He was commissioned to write songs for Edwin P. Christy's 
minstrel show. The most famous,  Old Folks at Home (1851), also called 
Swanee River, appeared originally under Christy's name; ... In 1852 he made his 
only visit. [DOC] [TLE] E. P. Christy - PBS [PAR] Sheet music for 'Old Folks at Home' as performed by Christy's Minstrels ... leader 
of the first blackface minstrel troupe, he indisputably led one of the most 
renowned. ... After performing in blackface for a number of years on his own, 
Christy formed his ... In 1851 Foster gave Christy exclusive right to premiere his 
compositions. [DOC] [TLE] Stephen Collins Foster, 1826-1864 [biography] - Library of Congress [PAR] Aug 4, 2006 ... Performing Arts Reading Room, Library of Congress. ... He was eighteen when 
his first song was published, "Open Thy ... introduced by the Christy Minstrels (
founded by Edwin P. Christy), the most famous minstrel troupe of the day. ... In 
1851, Foster sent Christy a sentimental song, "Old Folks at Home,"... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter VII:Young Folks and "Old Folks at Home" - Open Journal ... [PAR] His first years free from business interruptions led to a rich out- pouring. .... One 
day in 1851 Stephen came into my office on the banks of the ... is said to have 
asked for it at every performance. ... to Old Folks at Home he gave him the rights 
of show publication, a ... Foster sold Christy the right to have Christy's name listed 
on. [DOC] [TLE] Can't Escape Stephen Foster - The New Yorker [PAR] Mar 10, 2014 ... Penniless, sick, and alone, having sold even the clothes off his back for ... He was 
thirty-eight years old. His ... from the song Old Folks at Home (1851); My Old 
Kentucky Home ... Foster was also America's first professional songwriter. ... 
performing Ethiopian melodies that, as Edwin Pearce Christy put it,... [DOC] [TLE] "The Music of Stephen C. Foster: A Critical Edition", ed. Steven ... [PAR] Be- cause of the popularity of his music, he was able to make arrangements with 
... Foster married Jane McDowell in 1850 and fathered a daughter (born 1851). ... 
When first issued, "Old Folks at Home" named Edwin P. Christy as its author and 
... of the song sold in the thousands, some fifty thousand in the first year alone. [DOC] [TLE] part 1.4.pdf - Middlebury [PAR] as part of an audience lled with boatmen, he watched a minstrel troupe ..... 
Edwin P. Christy (18151862) led one of the nation's most successful minstrel ... 
that gave Christy's Minstrels exclusive rst-performance rights to his new ... 
Foster's Old Folks at Home (1851) shows his reliance on a single four-bar. .... 
copies sold. [DOC] [TLE] The Marshall Collection, 19th Century Musical Treasures [PAR] He first came to America in 1827 and sang in a number of major operas in ..... 
himself sold his own rights to many of his songs for short term gains which he 
later regretted. ... The cover also states "Sung by Edwin P. Christy. ... Some of the 
benchmarks of his career are; 1850 Camptown Races 1851 Old Folks At Home, 
aka... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about AMERICANA - StudyStack [PAR] IN 1851 HE SOLD THE FIRST PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO HIS "OLD FOLKS 
AT HOME" TO EDWIN CHRISTY, STEPHEN FOSTER. JAMES MARSHALL... [DOC] [TLE] Stephen

Question: In 1851 he sold the first performance rights to his "Old Folks at Home" to Edwin Christy
Answer: Stephen Foster