Daniel Decatur Emmett(1815-1904)
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Daniel Decatur Emmett (October 29, 1815 - June 28, 1904) was an American songwriter, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the black-face minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie". Dan Emmett was born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, then a frontier region.
