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Film, Video Rich Remsberg: Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music from the Great Depression

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Title

  • Rich Remsberg: Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music from the Great Depression

Summary

  • Showcasing American music and music making during the Great Depression, "Hard Luck Blues" presents more than 200 photographs created by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration photography program. With an appreciation for the amateur and the local, FSA photographers depicted a range of musicians sharing the regular music of everyday life, from informal songs in migrant work camps, farmers' homes, barn dances, and on street corners to organized performances at church revivals, dance halls, and community festivals. "Hard Luck Blues" features photographs by Jack Delano, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Marion Post Wolcott, and others.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2010-06-02.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Rich Remsberg.
  • -  Recorded on 2010-06-02.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688482

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Rich Remsberg: Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music from the Great Depression. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-02, 2010. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688482/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2010) Rich Remsberg: Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music from the Great Depression. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-02. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688482/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Rich Remsberg: Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music from the Great Depression. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-02, 2010. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688482/>.