Dan Emmett

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Dan Emmett was a 19th-century American songwriter and blackface minstrel performer best known for composing the song "Dixie."

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Dan Emmett canonical 7
Daniel Decatur Emmett 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
blackface minstrel
composer
human
minstrel performer
song
songwriter
activePeriod 19th century
associatedWith American Civil War era popular music
minstrel shows in the United States
birthDate 1815-10-29
birthPlace Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
linked to: Mount Vernon, Ohio
composer Dan Emmett
Dan Emmett
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1904-06-28
deathPlace Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
linked to: Mount Vernon, Ohio
ethnicGroup white American
familyName Emmett
fieldOfWork entertainment
music composition
theatrical performance
fullName Daniel Decatur Emmett
linked to: Dan Emmett
genre American popular music
minstrel music
givenName Daniel
hasGender male
hasInfluenceOn American popular music of the 19th century
minstrel show tradition
instrument banjo
fiddle
knownFor composing the song "Dixie"
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Decatur
movement blackface minstrelsy
name Dan Emmett
notableFor early blackface minstrel shows
notableWork Dixie
Old Dan Tucker
occupation composer
minstrel performer
songwriter
placeOfBurial Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
residence Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
linked to: Mount Vernon, Ohio
workLocation United States

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Dan Tucker composer Dan Emmett
Old Dan Tucker lyricist Dan Emmett
Dan Emmett name Dan Emmett
Dan Emmett fullName Daniel Decatur Emmett
linked to: Dan Emmett
Dixie composer Dan Emmett
subject linked to: Dan Emmett
Old Dan Tucker composer Dan Emmett
subject linked to: Dan Emmett
Virginia Minstrels hasMember Dan Emmett