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Walking with Asafo in Ghana : an ethnographic account of Kormantse Bentsir warrior music Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum ; with Kormantse Bentsir Scholars

Author:
Aduonum, Ama Oforiwaa  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 379 pages
Type:
Books
Place:
Ghana
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Ethnomusicology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159566

The chitlin' circuit and the road to rock 'n' roll Preston Lauterbach

Author:
Lauterbach, Preston  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 338 pages illustrations, portraits 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2012
Topic:
Rock music--History and criticism  Search this
Rhythm and blues music--History and criticism  Search this
Rock musicians  Search this
Blues musicians  Search this
Rhythm and blues musicians  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
African American singers  Search this
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Rock (Musique)--Histoire et critique  Search this
Musiciens rock  Search this
Musiciens de rhythm and blues  Search this
Musiciens noirs américains  Search this
Chanteurs noirs américains  Search this
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Rhythm and blues music  Search this
Rock music  Search this
Jazz music--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160712

Reggae, Rasta, revolution Jamaican music from ska to dub edited by Chris Potash

Author:
Potash, Chris 1964-  Search this
Physical description:
xxix, 290 pages 25 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Jamaica
Jamaïque
Jamaika
Date:
1997
Topic:
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Musik  Search this
Aufsatzsammlung  Search this
Reggae  Search this
Dub  Search this
Ska  Search this
Popular music--Jamaica--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154805

Rural rhythm the story of old-time country music in 78 records Tony Russell

Author:
Russell, Tony 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) illustrations
Type:
Discography
Discographie
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Discographies
Music criticism and reviews
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
1921-1930
1931-1940
To 1951
Topic:
Old-time music--History and criticism  Search this
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Country music--History and criticism  Search this
Old-time music  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique  Search this
Musique populaire  Search this
Country music  Search this
Call number:
ML3477 .R87 2021 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160746

Chicago jazz a cultural history, 1904-1930 William Howland Kenney

Author:
Kenney, William Howland  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xv, 233 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago (Ill.)
Chicago, Ill
Date:
1993
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Popular culture  Search this
Jazz--Histoire et critique  Search this
Culture populaire  Search this
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Jazz  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Geschichte (1904-1930)  Search this
Conditions sociales  Search this
Relations raciales  Search this
Illinois  Search this
Call number:
ML3508.8.C5 K46 1993 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Use copy Restrictions unspecified
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160624

Motor City music a Detroiter looks back Mark Slobin

Author:
Slobin, Mark  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
Michigan
Detroit
Date:
2019
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Music--Social aspects--History  Search this
Musique--Histoire et critique  Search this
Musique--Aspect social--Histoire  Search this
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Classical  Search this
MUSIC--Reference  Search this
Music  Search this
Music--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
ML200.8.D3 S56 2019 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160639

Through the looking glass John Cage and avant-garde film Richard H. Brown

Author:
Brown, Richard H. 1982-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (x, 240 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Experimental films--History and criticism  Search this
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Classical  Search this
MUSIC--Reference  Search this
Experimental films  Search this
Music  Search this
Call number:
ML410.C24 B76 2019 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160640

Mahalia Jackson and the black gospel field Mark Burford

Author:
Burford, Mark 1967-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
United States
Date:
2018
Topic:
African American gospel singers  Search this
Gospel singers  Search this
African Americans--Music--History and criticism  Search this
Gospel music--History and criticism  Search this
Gospel--Histoire et critique  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Composers & Musicians  Search this
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Voice  Search this
MUSIC--Lyrics  Search this
MUSIC--Printed Music--Vocal  Search this
African Americans--Music  Search this
Gospel music  Search this
Call number:
ML420.J17 B87 2018 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160641

Do you remember house? Chicago's queer of color undergrounds Micah Salkind

Author:
Salkind, Micah E. 1984-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Illinois
Chicago
Date:
2019
Topic:
House music--History and criticism  Search this
Homosexuality and popular music  Search this
African American gays  Search this
House music--Histoire et critique  Search this
Homosexualité et musique populaire  Search this
Homosexuels noirs américains  Search this
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Theory  Search this
House music  Search this
Call number:
ML3528.5 .S25 2019 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160644

Latin jazz the other jazz Christopher Washburne

Author:
Washburne, Christopher  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2020
Topic:
Latin jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Latin jazz--Histoire et critique  Search this
Latin jazz  Search this
Call number:
ML3506 .W37 2020 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160648

Capital bluegrass country music in Washington D.C. Kip Lornell

Author:
Lornell, Kip 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2020
2019
Topic:
Bluegrass music--History and criticism  Search this
Old-time music--History and criticism  Search this
Bluegrass music  Search this
Old-time music  Search this
Call number:
ML3520 .L67 2020 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160651

The history of jazz by Ted Gioia

Author:
Gioia, Ted  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (597 pages) illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2021
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Call number:
ML3506 .G54 2021 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160653

Menergy San Francisco's gay disco sound Louis Niebur

Author:
Niebur, Louis 1971-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
California
San Francisco
Californie
Castro (San Francisco, Calif.)
Castro
Date:
2022
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Disco music--History and criticism  Search this
Electronic dance music--History and criticism  Search this
Sound recording industry--History  Search this
Gay men--Social life and customs  Search this
Disco (Musique)--Histoire et critique  Search this
Dance music--Histoire et critique  Search this
Homosexuels masculins--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Disco music  Search this
Electronic dance music  Search this
Sound recording industry  Search this
Call number:
ML3526 .N54 2022 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160663

Inca music reimagined indigenist discourses in Latin American art music, 1910-1930 Vera Wolkowicz

Author:
Wolkowicz, Vera  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
South America
Date:
2022
20th century
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Collective memory in music  Search this
Ethnicity in music  Search this
Nationalism in music  Search this
Incas--Music--Influence  Search this
Music  Search this
Call number:
ML199.5 .W65 2022 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160671

Live music in America a history from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé Steve Waksman

Author:
Waksman, Steve  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xiv, 677 pages) illustrations (some colour)
Type:
Electronic resources
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
United States
Date:
2022
Topic:
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Music--Performance  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Call number:
ML200 .W35 2022 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160676

Festival Recordings: Community Talk: African Immigrant Musical Traditions; Connections to Home; Immigrant Stories

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. African Immigrant Program 1997 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Taylor, Derek (recorder)  Search this
Butler, Liz (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Bah, Ibrahim Kanja  Search this
Diabaté, Cheikh Amala  Search this
Pereira, Aristide  Search this
Augu-Jones, Chidi  Search this
Franklin, John Whittington, 1952-  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Côte d'Ivoire  Search this
Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Maryland
Mali
Silver Spring (Md.)
Senegal
Date:
1997 July 2
Track Information:
101 African Immigrant Musical Traditions / Ibrahim Kanja Bah.

102 Connections to Home / Cheikh Amala Diabaté. Oud.

103 Immigrant Stories / Aristide Pereira, Chidi Augu-Jones, John Whittington Franklin.
Local Numbers:
FP-1997-CT-0279-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 2, 1997.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. SI Permission.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Oud  Search this
Music -- History and criticism  Search this
Music  Search this
Marriage  Search this
Courtesy  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Fishes  Search this
Friendship  Search this
Community  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Griots  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1997, Item FP-1997-CT-0279
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: African Immigrant Folklife / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5ca2b757b-1f50-4dc5-ad35-9da0fe9bd3b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1997-ref642

Festival Recordings: Home Narrative: Passing It On; Men, Woman and the Blues; Mah-Jong

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Mississippi Delta Program 1997 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Nyhof, Harma (recorder)  Search this
MacNamara, Charles (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Cusic, Lucinda  Search this
Owens, Maida  Search this
Carter, Big Lucky  Search this
Brown Sugar, Miss  Search this
Hatten, Veeta  Search this
Chow, Bradley  Search this
Chow, Gilroy  Search this
Chow, Sally  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Chinese Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Mississippi
Leland (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Clarksdale (Miss.)
Date:
1997 June 26
Track Information:
101 Passing It On / Lucinda Cusic, Maida Owens.

102 Men, Women & The Blues / Big Lucky Carter, Miss Brown Sugar, Veeta Hatten. Keyboards (Music),Guitar.

103 Mah-Jong / Bradley Chow, Gilroy Chow, Sally Chow.
Local Numbers:
FP-1997-CT-0049-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 26, 1997.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. SI Permission.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Keyboards (Music)  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Gardens  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Church  Search this
Nursing  Search this
Horticulture  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Gender  Search this
Music -- History and criticism  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Race  Search this
Mah jong  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Games  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1997, Item FP-1997-CT-0049
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife / Series 3: The Mississippi Delta / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk55d4047d1-e4b6-4770-9a0f-21d8a5824f14
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1997-ref934

Festival Recordings: Home Narrative: Passing It On; Men, Women and the Blues

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Mississippi Delta Program 1997 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Nyhof, Harma (recorder)  Search this
Gilbert, Dan (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Chow, Bradley  Search this
Chow, Gilroy  Search this
Carter, Big Lucky  Search this
Bobo, Shirley  Search this
Hatten, Veeta  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Chinese Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Mississippi
Clarksdale (Miss.)
Tennessee
Date:
1997 July 6
Track Information:
101 Passing It On / Bradley Chow, Gilroy Chow.

102 Men, Women and the Blues / Big Lucky Carter, Shirley Bobo, Veeta Hatten.
Local Numbers:
FP-1997-CT-0084-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 6, 1997.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. SI Permission.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Race  Search this
Cotton  Search this
Family  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Music -- History and criticism  Search this
Gender  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1997, Item FP-1997-CT-0084
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife / Series 3: The Mississippi Delta / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5ee6af563-ea47-47b5-bf82-369408085300
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1997-ref969

A Persian ode musical life in Safavid and Qajar Iran Margaret Caton

Author:
Caton, Margaret Louise  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 398 pages illustrations 26 cm
Type:
Books
Personal narratives
Récits personnels
Personal Narrative
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Iran
Date:
2021
Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736
Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925
1501-1736 (Séfévides)
1794-1925 (Dynastie des Qādjārs)
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Musique--Histoire et critique  Search this
Music  Search this
Ṣafavid Dynasty (Iran)  Search this
Qajar Dynasty (Iran)  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146356

Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs

Collection Creator:
Casas, Mel, 1929-2014  Search this
Container:
Box OV 3, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1979
1993
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Mel Casas papers, 1963-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Mel Casas papers
Mel Casas papers / Series 4: Printed Materials
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b4370ed3-e374-4b48-9d44-21ddb42524fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-casamel-ref28
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