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Film, VideoThe southern journey of Alan Lomax : words, photographs, and music,
American Folklife Center lecture, 2013-02-20 Tom Piazza discussed his new book, The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax: Words, Photographs, and Music, on February 20, 2013, in a lecture sponsored by Library of Congress Center for the Book and the American Folklife Center. The book was published by the Library of Congress in association with W.W. Norton & Company in 2013, with an introduction by folklorist William R. Ferris, and...- Contributor: Piazza, Tom - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoHarmonia, an oral history interview with group members conducted by Theadocia Austen,
Oral history with Harmonia band Oral history interview with three members of the musical group Harmonia: Walt Mikhailovich, Alexander Fedoriouk, and Andrei Pidkivka, regarding learning folk and classical music and playing music as part of community life among Slavic Americans in Cleveland, Ohio and other cities and towns in the central and northeastern United States. They discuss their varied repertoire of older music and music of diverse ethnic groups...- Contributor: Harmonia (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Austen, Theadocia Millich
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoFlory Jagoda oral history interview conducted by Howard Bass,
Oral history with traditional artist Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda tells her life story. Born in Sarajevo, she discusses her upbringing in Bosnia, keeping her family's Jewish traditions in Ladino while speaking Serbo-Croatian in school, remembering the culture of the Sephardim in the Balkans, her family, her grandmother; Jews escaping Bosnia and the Germans during World War II; her life as a refugee on the island of KorcÌŒula and in Bari, Italy;...- Contributor: Jagoda, Flory - Bass, Howard - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2013-01-01