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Film, Video Oral History: The Fairfield Four

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Oral History: The Fairfield Four

Summary

  • John Fenn interviews current members of The Fairfield Four, an African-American gospel quartet that has existed for more than 95 years, following a concert at the Library of Congress.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-09-28.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  The Fairfield Four, The Fairfield Four Quartet, Traditional American Folk Musicians, Cappella Gospel, Cappella, Gospel

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  The Fairfield Four, John Fenn.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-09-28.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690620

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Oral History: The Fairfield Four. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-28, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690620/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2017) Oral History: The Fairfield Four. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-28. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690620/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Oral History: The Fairfield Four. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-28, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690620/>.