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Collection Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States Title from program flyer: Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture / American Folklife Center lecture, 2006-07-27

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Title

  • Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States

Other Title

  • Title from program flyer: Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture
  • American Folklife Center lecture, 2006-07-27

Summary

  • In the 1930s, Library of Congress fieldworkers recorded the folk music of non-English-speaking communities throughout the United States. There, they captured songs and styles that had died out in the lands of their birth, as well as emerging fusions of the ancient and modern. From the songs of a sacred Spanish mystery play performed in Texas to wild Polish wedding music played in Wisconsin, they preserved rare and beautiful music as much a part of American heritage as any from English-speaking communities. In his Benjamin Botkin Lecture sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Matthew Barton focuses on rarely heard recordings from the European-American diaspora, including the music of older North American communities, as well as the music of immigrants new to this country in the 1930s. Special attention will be given to Alan Lomax's 1938 fieldwork, which took him to Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin to record music in French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Finnish and other languages.

Names

  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-07-27.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Matthew Barton.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-07-27.
  • -  Kids, Families.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007700260

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. Not the Same Old Folk Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-27, 2006. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007700260/.

APA citation style:

American Folklife Center, S. B. & Library Of Congress. (2006) Not the Same Old Folk Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-27. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007700260/.

MLA citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. Not the Same Old Folk Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-27, 2006. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007700260/>.