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<strong>of</strong> an aged former slave who has escaped to “freedom’s shore” and longs for universal<br />

abolition. William John Bullock, or the unnamed composer <strong>of</strong> his company, captures the<br />

Fig. 7. William John Bullock. Bullock’s Royal Marionettes Programme and Words <strong>of</strong><br />

all the Songs and the Grand Pantomime <strong>of</strong> Little Red Riding Hood. London: W. J.<br />

Bullock, 1872. 3-4.<br />

essence <strong>of</strong> music as defined by their use <strong>of</strong> Stephen Foster’s songs, despite not using any<br />

songs that can be directly attributed to Foster’s compositionship. Foster tried to<br />

encourage more dignified portraits <strong>of</strong> African Americans in song, by writing more<br />

sentimental, less degrading pieces. 56 Unlike the Christy Minstrels, The Royal<br />

56<br />

See: Charles Hamm, “Stephen Foster and Indigenous American Song,” In Music in the New<br />

World (New York: W.W. Norton, 1983).<br />

44

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