Top of page

Film, Video Conversation with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Conversation with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

Summary

  • Jay Ungar and Molly Mason talk about their lives and music with folklorist Stephen Winick. Ungar and Mason are an American roots music duo based in New York's Catskill Mountains. They are best known for their work on the soundtrack of Ken Burns's PBS documentary series, "The Civil War." Ungar's composition "Ashokan Farewell" became the musical centerpiece of the Grammy-winning soundtrack and was nominated for an Emmy. Ungar's fiddling is known for playfulness, drama, soul and technical verve, as he explores many musical styles and idioms that he has internalized and made his own. Mason's inventiveness on piano and guitar supports the tunes and follows the flow of the melody. Her rich and expressive vocals round out the experience of their award-winning concert presentations. Ungar & Mason have recorded numerous albums of traditional and original fiddle music along with vintage country and jazz. They head the Ashokan Center, home of Ashokan Music and Dance Camps, founded in 1980.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-10-21.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Homegrown from Home. 30
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Jay Ungar, Stephen Winick, Molly Mason.
  • -  Recorded on 2020-10-21.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697387

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present.  Rights assessment is your responsibility.  The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations.  Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. However, the information we have may not be accurate or complete.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Credit Line: Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Conversation with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-21, 2020. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697387/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2020) Conversation with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697387/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Conversation with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-21, 2020. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697387/>.