Audio Recording American fiddle tunes

American Fiddle Tunes - 01 French Four

Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, 2012.

[Washington] : Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory AFS L62, 1971.

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Title
American fiddle tunes
Contributor Names
Jabbour, Alan, compiler.
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)
Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory.
Created / Published
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, 2012.
[Washington] : Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory AFS L62, 1971.
Contents
French four / Leizime Brusoe, fiddle -- Quadrille / Leizime Brusoe, fiddle -- Two-step schottische / Leizime Brusoe, fiddle -- Highland fling / Leizime Brusoe, fiddle -- The wind that shook the barley / Patrick Bonner, fiddle -- Fisher's hornpipe / Patrick Bonner, fiddle -- The maid of Kildare / Patrick Bonner, fiddle -- Money musk / Michael Cruise, fiddle -- Haste to the wedding / Mrs. Ben Scott, fiddle; Myrtle B. Wilkinson, banjo -- Perry's victory / Mrs. Ben Scott, fiddle; Myrtle B. Wilkinson, banjo -- Hull's victory / L. O. Weeks, fiddle -- Bummer's reel / Elmer Barton, fiddle -- Wake up Susan ; Unnamed / Elmer Barton, fiddle -- Bonaparte's retreat / W. M. Stepp, fiddle -- The drunken hiccups / W. M. Stepp, fiddle -- Run nigger run / W. M. Stepp, fiddle -- The ways of the world / W. M. Stepp, fiddle -- Old dad / John Rector, fiddle -- The hog-eyed man / Luther Strong, fiddle -- Rickett's hornpipe / Luther Strong, fiddle -- Cumberland Gap / Luther Strong, fiddle -- Haste to the wedding / Stephen B. Tucker, fiddle -- Buffalo girls / John Hatcher, fiddle -- Grub Springs / John Hatcher, fiddle -- Old Joe Clark / Wayne Perry, fiddle -- Natchez under the hill / Lon Jordan, fiddle -- Sugar in the gourd / Marcus Martin, fiddle -- Cotton-eyed Joe / Marcus Martin, fiddle.
Subject Headings
-  Folk dance music--United States
-  Folk music--United States
-  Fiddle tunes--United States
-  Fiddle tunes
Genre
Folk music
Folk dance music
Field recordings
Notes
-  "From the Archive of Folk Song."
-  Various performers.
-  Field recordings made from 1934-1942 by various collectors including Robert V. Draves, Helene Stratman-Thomas, Ivan Walton, Alan Lomax, Elizabeth Lomax, Josephine Schwartz, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Helen Hartness Flanders, Herbert Halpert, John A. Lomax, Vance Randolph, Margot Mayo, Stuart Jamieson, Robert Simon, Jerome Wiesner, and Joseph Liss.
-  Notes about the recordings on slipcase; with liner notes (41 p.)
-  Description from audio disc recording, analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in. first issued on LP in 1971.
-  Digital preservation master recorded from original master analog tape by the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory in 2012.
-  Original cutting master for audio disc production for issue of AFS L62: AMERICAN FIDDLE TUNES (MASTER TAPE) 2 sound tape reels : analog, 15 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in. RWC 8509, 8510, MAVIS title no.: 162702.
Medium
2 sound files : digital, WAV (44.1 Khz)
Library of Congress Control Number
2016655239
Online Format
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Description
"From the Archive of Folk Song." Various performers. Field recordings made from 1934-1942 by various collectors including Robert V. Draves, Helene Stratman-Thomas, Ivan Walton, Alan Lomax, Elizabeth Lomax, Josephine Schwartz, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Helen Hartness Flanders, Herbert Halpert, John A. Lomax, Vance Randolph, Margot Mayo, Stuart Jamieson, Robert Simon, Jerome Wiesner, and Joseph Liss. Notes about the recordings on slipcase; with liner notes (41 p.) Description from audio disc recording, analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in. first issued on LP in 1971. Digital preservation master recorded from original master analog tape by the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory in 2012. Original cutting master for audio disc production for issue of AFS L62: AMERICAN FIDDLE TUNES (MASTER TAPE) 2 sound tape reels : analog, 15 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in. RWC 8509, 8510, MAVIS title no.: 162702.
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Archive Of Folk Song, U.S, and Library Of Congress. Recording Laboratory. American Fiddle Tunes. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, . Washington: Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory AFS L62, 1971, 2012] Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016655239/.

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Archive Of Folk Song, U. S. & Library Of Congress. Recording Laboratory. (2012) American Fiddle Tunes. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, . Washington: Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory AFS L62, 1971] [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016655239/.

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Archive Of Folk Song, U.S, and Library Of Congress. Recording Laboratory. American Fiddle Tunes. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, . Washington: Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory AFS L62, 1971, 2012] Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016655239/>.

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