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=== Musicians === [[File:1893 Birds Eye view of Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Bird's Eye View, 1893]] * [[John Philip Sousa]]β²s Band played for the Exposition dedication celebration in Chicago, 10 October through 21 October 1892. * [[Joseph Douglass]], classical violinist, who achieved wide recognition after his performance there and became the first African-American violinist to conduct a transcontinental tour and the first to tour as a concert violinist.<ref>Southern, p. 283</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.2307/779543|title=Black String Musicians: Ascending the Scale|author=Caldwell Titcomb|journal=Black Music Research Journal|volume=10 |issue=1|date=Spring 1990|pages=107β112|publisher=Center for Black Music Research β Columbia College Chicago and [[University of Illinois Press]]|jstor=779543}}</ref> * [[Sissieretta Jones]], a soprano known as "the Black Patti" and an already-famous opera singer.<ref name="This is Ragtime">{{Cite book | title =This is Ragtime | author =Terry Waldo | publisher =Da Capo Press | year =1991 | isbn =978-0-306-80439-7 | url =https://archive.org/details/thisisragtime00wald }}</ref> * A paper on African-American [[spiritual (music)|spirituals]] and [[ring shout|shouts]] by [[Abigail Christensen]] was read to attendees.<ref name="Brunvand">{{cite book|last=Brunvand|first=Jan Harold |author-link=Jan Harold Brunvand|title=American folklore: an encyclopedia|chapter=Christensen, Abigail Mandana ("Abbie") Holmes (1852β1938)|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1998|page=142|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0N_sedAATAC&q=Abigail+Christensen+folklore&pg=PA142|isbn=978-0-8153-3350-0}}</ref> There were many other black artists at the fair, ranging from [[minstrel]] and early ragtime groups to more formal [[Classical music|classical]] ensembles to street buskers. *[[Scott Joplin]], pianist, from Texarkana, Texas; became widely known for his piano playing at the fair.
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