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Festival Recordings: Struggle Narrative Stage: How Struggle Songs Composed?;Vocal Styles;Music as Motivator;String Style

Catalog Data

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Musics of Struggle Program 1990 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Performer:
Fikes, Betty Mae  Search this
Carawan, Candie  Search this
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011  Search this
Carawan, Guy  Search this
Harte, Frank  Search this
Harris, Rutha  Search this
Murad, Said  Search this
Lira, Agustín  Search this
Reagon, Cordell Hull, 1943-1996  Search this
Wells Solorzano, Patricia  Search this
Connell, Dudley  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Tennessee
West Virginia
Alabama
California
Ireland
Palestine
Georgia
Maryland
Contents:
String Styles also includes Barry Mitterhoff and Tom Adams, mandolin and banjo respectively.
Track Information:
101 How Songs of Struggle are Composed / Bettie Mae Fikes, Candie Carawan, Hazel Dickens, Guy Carawan. Guitar. English language. 102 Comparative Vocal Styles / Frank Harte, Rutha Harris, Said Murad. 103 Music as a Motivator / Agustin Lira, Cordell Hull Reagon, Patricia Wells Solorzano. Guitar. 104 Comparative String Styles / Agustin Lira, Patricia Wells Solorzano, Dudley Connell. Guitar,Banjo,Mandolin.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: United States, Washington (D.C.), June 27, 1990.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Political ballads and songs  Search this
Ireland -- Songs and music  Search this
British Isles -- Songs and music  Search this
Bluegrass music  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Banjo  Search this
Mandolin  Search this
Labor  Search this
Struggle  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Function:
Labor unions
Labor unions
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: Musics of Struggle / 2.4: Video
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5ef743129-fc3b-44a3-84aa-b81525d55ce8
EDAN-URL:
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