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Minstrel - Wikipedia A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe The term originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool; later, from the sixteenth century, it came to mean a specialist entertainer who sang songs and played musical instruments [1][2]
Minstrel | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Minstrel, between the 12th and 17th centuries, a professional entertainer of any kind, including jugglers, acrobats, and storytellers; more specifically, a secular musician, usually an instrumentalist
MINSTREL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MINSTREL is one of a class of medieval musical entertainers; especially : a singer of verses to the accompaniment of a harp How to use minstrel in a sentence
Minstrel Performers, ca. 1844 - Library of Virginia Education Minstrel shows integrated comedy, music, and dialogue into a wildly popular format Unfortunately, the fully developed minstrel show also put forward demeaning stereotypes of African Americans through characters such as Zip Coon, a gaudily dressed, lazy man from the city, and Jim Crow, a dull-witted and subservient plantation slave
The Minstrel: Musician of the Middle Ages – Medieval History In medieval times, a minstrel was a versatile performer who entertained audiences with music, storytelling, and poetry They were often considered to be an itinerant class of entertainers, traveling from town to town to perform for a living
Minstrel - definition of minstrel by The Free Dictionary min•strel (ˈmɪn strəl) n 1 a medieval poet, singer, and musician, who was either an itinerant or a member of a noble household 2 a musician, singer, or poet 3 a performer in a minstrel show
Minstrel: Overview - Ballad of America Minstrel shows were America’s most popular form of live entertainment from the 1840s into the 1870s, and they enjoyed continued success well beyond that Minstrelsy was the first uniquely American theatrical form and one of the building blocks on which American music and entertainment is based
MINSTREL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Minstrel definition: a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour
Minstrel show - Wikipedia Blackface minstrelsy was the first uniquely American form of theater, and for many minstrel shows emerged as brief burlesques and comic entr'actes in the early 1830s in the Northeastern states They were developed into full-fledged art form in the next decade