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Black American Gospel Song Series, The Quartet Tradition

Catalog Data

Collection Collector:
Maltsby, Portia  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture  Search this
Container:
Box 10, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1981 November 20-21
Scope and Contents:
Concert and colloquium held Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21, 1981, at Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Program was created to explore examples of quartet styles. Panelists included Bernice Reagon Johnson, Doug Seroff, Thermon Ruth, Portia K. Maultsby, and Reverend Isaac Ravizee. The Sterling Jubilees and Four Eagles, two of the groups featured in this program, are community-based quartets from Jefferson County, Alabama, whose unaccompanied singing style dates to the 1930s. The program also features the Fairfield Four, a quartet from Nashville, Tennessee, and the Sensational Nightingales. From notes in the Program guide. See program guide for additional information on the Black American Gospel Song: The Quartet Tradition. The concert and colloquium were presented by the Division of Performing Arts. The program was organized by Bernice Johnson Reagon. Program number 408.13.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions exist. Collection items available for reproduction Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Program in African American Culture Collection
Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b3b1ff26-a14e-4ca9-9701-0cf046f5de49
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0408-ref1114