Collection Items

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    Photo, Print, Drawing
    Mary Goshtigian playing the oud, seated, portrait, photograph Photograph caption: "Armenian from Constantinople." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish songs and music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Mary Goshtigian standing with oud, full-length portrait, photograph Sidney Robertson Cowell notes on verso of photograph: "A sophisticated performer on the oude [oud] from night clubs in Istanbul." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Hall, J. L. - Library of Congress. Music Division - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Mary and Hartop Goshtigian playing oud and violin, group portrait, photograph Photograph caption: "They are Armenians from Constantinople." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Hartop Goshtigian playing the violin, portrait, photograph Photograph caption: "Armenian from Constantinople." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish songs and music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Audio Recording
    Tuning of oud belonging to Mrs. Goshtigian and a modal scale Sidney Robertson Cowell describes the tuning of Mrs. Goshtigian's oud before the tuning occurs. Mary Goshtigian, oud; Sidney Robertson Cowell, narrative. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California on April 17, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish songs and music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno,…
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Audio Recording
    Taksim (Improvisation) and Sha'ki
    Tah'sim     Dust jacket notes: Turkish-style Armenian city music played on the violin by Hartop Goshtigian and sung by Mary Goshtigian while accompanying on the oud. For a note describing the musical forms taksim and sha'ki, see record for AFS 4329 A. Hartop Goshtigian, violin; Mary Goshtigian, oud and vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California on April 17, 1939. In Armenian. Forms part…
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Goshtigian, Hartop - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Oud, close-up of fingerboard, photograph Photograph caption: "Owned and played by Mary Goshtigian. From Constantinople (Armenia). The pick is an eagle's feather from the Caucasus." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Oud, photograph Photograph caption: "Owned and played by Mary Goshtigian. From Constantinople (Armenia). The pick is an eagle's feather from the Caucasus." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Audio Recording
    Heline = Helene Dust jacket notes: Dance song. Mary Goshtigian, vocals and oud. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California on April 17, 1939. In Armenian. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish songs and music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Audio Recording
    Kirgus dan Maral ahtchik = I take Maral in my arms LC romanized form of title: Girks tan Maral aghjik. Mary Goshtigian, vocals and oud. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California on April 17, 1939. In Armenian. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish songs and music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Audio Recording
    Taksim (Improvisation) and Sha'ki
    Tah'sim     Yellow song check-list notes: "Taksim or tah'sim and sha'ki are the names of specific musical forms, the first free in style to show off one's virtuosity, the second stricter in form. A remark interjected by an auditor toward the end is a form of applause. Sometimes shifting pitches are done deliberately by stretching the string with the left hand--it is not a wow in…
    • Contributor: Goshtigian, Mary - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1939-01-01
  • Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Field reports, Fieldnotes written by Sidney Robertson Cowell and submitted to the Northern California WPA Office in San Francisco during the course of the California Folk Music Project.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson
    • Date: 1938-01-01