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[Virginia Minstrels] A. Nagerj Onyqjva, arranger. [Andrew Baldwin]. Ethiopian Quadrilles, Danced and Sung by the Virginia Minstrels. - THE NAME OF THE ARRANGER WRITTEN IN CODE. New York: Firth & Hall. 1843. Upright folio. 7 pp. Publisher's illustrated wrappers, Lith. of Endicott, New York. Rubbing, wear, staining, and toning to extremities. Staining and tattering to spine with some loss. Very good.
The illustrated wrappers feature a series of seven vignettes, framed by two decorative cartouches incorporating a twisted snake and two catfish. The songs titles included are: Whar did you cum from --Jenny gets your hoe cake done --Charleston gals --Dandy Jim from Carolina --Ole Tare river.
The arranger's name is printed here in transpositional code, according to which ones takes each letter and moves 13 letters ahead in the alphabet to get the correct letter (if you pass Z just keep going past A). Using this method, we can arrive at the name of N. Andrew Baldwin, noting one evident error, perhaps deliberate, with the third letter coming out as a T instead of a D ("Antrew Baldwin"). While pseudonyms were quite commonly used, this is the only example in 19th century popular music of which we are aware, in which such a code was used to disguise a composer's name. Perhaps this is a play on the essence of the quadrille form, the pairing off of letters mirroring the pairing off of opposite dance partners.
The illustrated wrappers feature a series of seven vignettes, framed by two decorative cartouches incorporating a twisted snake and two catfish. The songs titles included are: Whar did you cum from --Jenny gets your hoe cake done --Charleston gals --Dandy Jim from Carolina --Ole Tare river.
The arranger's name is printed here in transpositional code, according to which ones takes each letter and moves 13 letters ahead in the alphabet to get the correct letter (if you pass Z just keep going past A). Using this method, we can arrive at the name of N. Andrew Baldwin, noting one evident error, perhaps deliberate, with the third letter coming out as a T instead of a D ("Antrew Baldwin"). While pseudonyms were quite commonly used, this is the only example in 19th century popular music of which we are aware, in which such a code was used to disguise a composer's name. Perhaps this is a play on the essence of the quadrille form, the pairing off of letters mirroring the pairing off of opposite dance partners.
[Virginia Minstrels] A. Nagerj Onyqjva, arranger. [Andrew Baldwin]. Ethiopian Quadrilles, Danced and Sung by the Virginia Minstrels. - THE NAME OF THE ARRANGER WRITTEN IN CODE. New York: Firth & Hall. 1843. Upright folio. 7 pp. Publisher's illustrated wrappers, Lith. of Endicott, New York. Rubbing, wear, staining, and toning to extremities. Staining and tattering to spine with some loss. Very good.
The illustrated wrappers feature a series of seven vignettes, framed by two decorative cartouches incorporating a twisted snake and two catfish. The songs titles included are: Whar did you cum from --Jenny gets your hoe cake done --Charleston gals --Dandy Jim from Carolina --Ole Tare river.
The arranger's name is printed here in transpositional code, according to which ones takes each letter and moves 13 letters ahead in the alphabet to get the correct letter (if you pass Z just keep going past A). Using this method, we can arrive at the name of N. Andrew Baldwin, noting one evident error, perhaps deliberate, with the third letter coming out as a T instead of a D ("Antrew Baldwin"). While pseudonyms were quite commonly used, this is the only example in 19th century popular music of which we are aware, in which such a code was used to disguise a composer's name. Perhaps this is a play on the essence of the quadrille form, the pairing off of letters mirroring the pairing off of opposite dance partners.
The illustrated wrappers feature a series of seven vignettes, framed by two decorative cartouches incorporating a twisted snake and two catfish. The songs titles included are: Whar did you cum from --Jenny gets your hoe cake done --Charleston gals --Dandy Jim from Carolina --Ole Tare river.
The arranger's name is printed here in transpositional code, according to which ones takes each letter and moves 13 letters ahead in the alphabet to get the correct letter (if you pass Z just keep going past A). Using this method, we can arrive at the name of N. Andrew Baldwin, noting one evident error, perhaps deliberate, with the third letter coming out as a T instead of a D ("Antrew Baldwin"). While pseudonyms were quite commonly used, this is the only example in 19th century popular music of which we are aware, in which such a code was used to disguise a composer's name. Perhaps this is a play on the essence of the quadrille form, the pairing off of letters mirroring the pairing off of opposite dance partners.