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CollectionReflections on a journey to Morocco songs and stories of the Sephardic Jews
American Folklife Center lecture, 1993-04-22 Catalog Record Only Lecture by ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco focuses on the traditions of the Sephardic Jews of Spanish Morocco, who were expelled from Spain in 1492. Ms. Yurchenco illustrates her lecture with recollections, slides, and examples of ballads, wedding songs, and stories recorded in 1956 on location in Tetuan and Tangier.- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center - Yurchenco, Henrietta
- Date: 1993
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Film, VideoExhibit programs for The American cowboy--American cowboy cafe, jukebox audio program
American cowboy cafe, jukebox audio program | Cowboy jukebox Catalog Record Only Includes a cross section of commercially recorded traditional cowboy songs and popular western music. The traditional cowboy songs are occupational folksongs reflecting the daily tasks and life of the working cowboy. The popular western songs, although inspired by the cowboy songs, are idyllic evocations of a carefree pastoral life on the prairie.- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center - LC Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1983
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Film, Video[LC performance. In country--concert and symposium of July 13, 1989]
In country--concert and symposium of July 13, 1989 Catalog Record Only In the concert, performers and songwriters--all former soldiers--perform songs sung and written by American soldiers in Vietnam during the early years of the Vietnam War. In the symposium, scholars deliver papers on folksongs in the military. Then, all participants (scholars and performers) discuss folksongs in the military and the folksong collection of the late Gen. Edward Lansdale (USAF-Ret.).- Contributor: LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Currey, Cecil B. - Droge, Dolf - Fish, Lydia M. - Ellis, Bill - Durham, Bull - Rosenburg, Chuck - American Folklife Center - Dower, Bill - Langley, Harold D.
- Date: 1989
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CollectionJim Griffith collection on Van Holyoak Catalog Record Only Two related video recordings documenting ranch owner, singer, and cowboy poet Van Holyoak recorded by folklorist Jim (James S.) Griffith near Clay Springs, Arizona in 1977. The collection includes correspondence with Jim Griffith about the equipment loan from the American Folklife Center and about the video content.
- Contributor: Holyoak, Van - Griffith, James S. - American Folklife Center - Kuat-Tv (Television Station : Tucson, Ariz.)
- Date: 1977