Dinwiddie Colored Quartet

vocals (vocal quartet) · Dinwiddie

Jubilee quartet founded in 1898 for the benefit of the Dinwiddie Normal and Industrial School, in Dinwiddie County (Virginia), which became independent around 1902. Its six Victor sides of October 1902 make it the first Black vocal quartet recorded on disc.

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Styles

• Afro-diasporic roots

Landmark tracks

• Down on the Old Camp Ground (1902)

Sources

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