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Dinwiddie Colored Quartet

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The Dinwiddie Quartet is believed to be the first black vocal quartet to record on disc. Some scholars incorrectly believed the Dinwiddie Quartet recordings to be the earliest surviving black vocal group recordings of any kind, but prior recordings had been made on
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All six tracks recorded for Victor survive to the present day. Scholars regard these recordings, especially "Down On The Old Camp Ground", as key documents in the recorded history of black jubilee music.
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Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922
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jubilee quartet
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
vaudeville
Victor Talking Machine Company
Steal Away
wax cylinder
Unique Quartette
Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922
155–159
ISBN
978-0-252-07307-6
"First Black Vocal Group to Make A Record"
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"Earliest Negro Vocal Quartets"
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African-American musical quartets
Vocal quartets
United States singing group stubs

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