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Audio Recording Fiddle tunes and song airs played by Harold Sprague, Forsyth, Montana, part 2

Fiddle tunes, song airs recorded outside. Harold Sprague is playing fiddle, Gary Stanton is playing mandolin. No guitar available.

About this Item

Title

  • Fiddle tunes and song airs played by Harold Sprague, Forsyth, Montana, part 2

Names

  • Stanton, Gary Ward, 1946- (Collector)
  • Sprague, Harold (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Forsyth, Montana, August 11, 1979

Headings

  • -  Fiddle tunes
  • -  Fiddlers
  • -  Fiddling
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Music
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Forsyth

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Music
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 2 of a 4-part recording with Harold Sprague at his home in Forsyth MT, fieldworker Gary Stanton accompanies Sprague on mandolin (no guitar was available): fiddle selections include: McGregor's Schottische; Peekaboo Waltz; about how dances were held in old schoolhouses and in homes; Coming Through the Rye; Rye Waltz; Put Your Little Foot; Hop, (Jenny Lind Polka); how musicians used to play two or three minutes, then stop and start again; Sally Johnson (Stanton on fiddle, Harold Sprague on mandolin); Paddy Won't you Drink Some Cider (Stanton on fiddle); Life in the Finnish Woods (back to Sprague on fiddle); waltz; Hometown Waltz, North Dakota Waltz; Paper Roses; and [Old] Joe Clark (key of A).

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20415
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0901
  • Field project identifier: MT9-GS-R30

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, and Harold Sprague. Fiddle tunes and song airs played by Harold Sprague, Forsyth, Montana, part 2. Forsyth, Montana, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20415/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W. & Sprague, H. (1979) Fiddle tunes and song airs played by Harold Sprague, Forsyth, Montana, part 2. Forsyth, Montana. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20415/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, and Harold Sprague. Fiddle tunes and song airs played by Harold Sprague, Forsyth, Montana, part 2. Forsyth, Montana, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20415/>.