Britannica 11th · 11th edition

Emmett

Internet Archive OCR import

OCR text aligned to scanned pagesVol. 9, pp. 343-3431910–1911

Source evidence

Trace this article to the original publication

This entry is linked to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition. The cited range is Vol. 9, pp. 343-343.

Open source textOpen original scans

EMMETT, DANIEL DECATUR (1815-1904), American songwriter, was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio. He started the " negro minstrel " performances, which from 1842 onwards became so popular in America and England, and he composed a number of songs which had a great temporary vogue. He is remembered particularly as the writer of the famous Southern war-song " Dixie," which he composed in 1859.