'Banjo serenade (Chloe I'm waitin')', 1901. 'The F. Ziegfeld Jr. Musical Company; Anna Held in "The Little Duchess", a musical comedy in three acts - book by Harry B. Smith, music by Reginald de Koven'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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