• Writer: Dan Emmett Performer: Stanley and Harlan. ... Dixie - Dan Emmett;Stanley and Harlan. Notes. The other side of this disc is blank.
  • Vipers, that spring, spread thick on the ground. Rachel Richardson, “Dan Emmett Writes ‘Dixie,’ 1859” from Copperhead.
  • The song “Dixie” was the composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett and acted as an unofficial anthem for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  • Daniel Decatur “DanEmmett (October 29, 1815 – June 28, 1904) was an American songwriter, composer of “Dixie,” entertainer, and founder one of of the first...
  • Daniel Decatur Emmett, a pioneering figure in the history of minstrelsy and the author of “Dixie,” was born two hundred years ago this week.
  • Dan Emmett is traditionally credited with writing the famous song "Dixie." The story that he related about its composition varied each time he told it...
  • In 1859 Dan Emmett joined Bryant’s Minstrels. Known as one of the hottest minstrel groups, the Minstrels were the rage of New York.
  • 2:22. I'm Going Home to Dixie (1861) — Dan Emmett. 1:13. I Wish I Was in DixieDaniel Decatur Emmett. 3:55.
  • Dixie (Emmett, Daniel Decatur). Genre Categories. Songs ; For voice, piano ; For voices with keyboard ; [11 more...] ... General Information. Work Title. Dixie.