William James Knapp: A Concert and Lecture Exploring Music of The Black Experience During the Gilded Age

$25 Early Bird; $30 after May 4th

This talk and musical program will feature music from William James Knapp’s extensive personal collection of sheet music he acquired between 1865 to 1885, which includes popular, classical, and parlor music from the Gilded Age.
James was the great-grandchild of Dinah Jackson, the last person enslaved at Cherry Hill. After his mother died, James became a ward in Richard Van Rensselaer’s household in Albany, N.Y. where he worked as a butler for the family. James later worked as a musician, a sales clerk at Hideley’s Music Store, a hospital porter and a nurse. James lived at Cherry Hill for about sixteen months between 1880 and 1884.

Dr. Chrisopher Brellochs, speaker
LayVon Scott, baritone
Dr. Elizabeth Gerbi, piano

Dr. Brellochs was a music consultant to Historic Cherry Hill for their exhibition, “The World of William James Knapp.”