Pianola roll [Bunch of Blackberries (Cake Walk)]

Production date
Circa 1899
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Object detail

Accession number
1969.320.15
Production period
Description
A pianola roll of the score of 'Bunch of Blackberries (Cake Walk)' by the composer Abe Holzmann. The 'cake walk' style of music developed from the slavery period in the United States of America and from impromptu dances on plantations. Roll has a green title page and metal clasp at end of roll with attached green string. Metal flanges at either end with metal pins
Marks
PATENTED / X371 / Bunch of Blackberries /(Cake Walk) / Holzman / 0.8 Maker's Mark
Credit Line
Circa 1899. Pianola roll [Bunch of Blackberries (Cake Walk)], 1969.320.15. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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