- Dick and Fitzgerald
Dick and Fitzgerald was a 19th century
United States publisher , founded by William Brisbane Dick (1827-1901) ref|Kalashnikova and Lawrence R. Fitzgerald, based inNew York City . They were a publisher of popular books, including music books.Eric Lott cites them as one of the leading publishers circa 1850 of songbooks (typically just lyrics, not melodies) of the popularblackface minstrel songs of the time, which he characterizes as "little lyric volumes of mass-produced racist caricature." ref|LottThey were also publishers of books on subjects such as
baseball , card games andcard trick s, andballroom dancing .Notes
# Kalashnikova.
# Lott, 1993, 171.References
* Kalashnikova, Irina, [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/dickfb.html Guide to the Francis Brisbane Dick, 1814 - 1859 Journal (accounts), 1820 - c. 1847] . Accessed 6 Sept 2005.
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