| Category |
Description
|
| Comic Love |
(21 Items) 'Sickly
sweet' and humorous Love songs |
| Comic Songs |
(34 Items) Many bizarre,
humorous subjects |
| Ethnic Characters |
(35 Items) Comic titles
using explicit ethnic stereotypes |
| Hymns/Sacred |
(19 Items) Beautifully
performed Christian Hymns and sacred duets |
| Instrumental |
(21 Items) Bands,
Orchestras, and Instrumental solos |
| Other |
(11 Items) Titles very
hard to categorize |
| Patriotic |
(16 Items) Patriotic
tunes, War songs, Soldier songs |
| Popular |
(11 Items) Tin Pan
Alley, Ragtime songs and others with general subjects |
| Sentimental |
(39 Items) ‘Plantation
songs’, serious Love subjects, Death, and other emotional
themes |
| Talking |
(15 Items) Comic
stories, humorous conversations, and other interesting
Recitations |
| Traditional |
(15 Items) Mostly Irish and Scotts songs, which
were old, even at the time they were recorded |
| Vaudeville |
(32 Items) Minstrel
shows, and descriptive acts, long before radio or television
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