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Audio Recording John Harrington, Irish accordion tunes and conversation, Butte, Montana, first session

Irish accordion tunes, played by a 79 year old Butte musician

About this Item

Title

  • John Harrington, Irish accordion tunes and conversation, Butte, Montana, first session

Names

  • Stanton, Gary Ward, 1946- (Collector)
  • Harrington, John (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Butte, Montana, August 30, 1979

Headings

  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Accordion music
  • -  Folk songs, Irish
  • -  Irish language
  • -  Button-key accordion
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Music
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Butte

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Music
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Recording session with Irish American accordion player John Harrington at his home in Butte MT: Harrington plays Larry O'Gaff Jig, My Love is but a Lassie Yet, and an unnamed tune; about his life history; born in Mercur, Utah in 1906, moved to Butte in 1911, moved to be with his uncles in Barhaven, County Cork, 1919; then New York in 1926, and Butte in 1932; plays Stack O'Barley, Liverpool Hornpipe, Fisher's Hornpipe, Rickett's Hornpipe, Irish Washerwoman, Mary the Thrush (had a Gaelic title), Foxy Davey (learned from his mother), When It's Springtime in the Rockies, Bicycle Built for Two, 3 o'clock in the Morning, and unnamed tune; Harrington learned some Irish Gaelic from his parents but in Ireland everyone was forced to speak English; Harrington always used Globe Accordions, now also has a button accordion now made by Hohner; discussion of Harrington's trip to Ireland in 1971.

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20449
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0935
  • Field project identifier: MT9-GS-R64

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 John Harrington. John Harrington, Irish accordion tunes and conversation, Butte, Montana, first session. Butte, Montana, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20449/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W. & Harrington, J. (1979) John Harrington, Irish accordion tunes and conversation, Butte, Montana, first session. Butte, Montana. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20449/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, and John Harrington. John Harrington, Irish accordion tunes and conversation, Butte, Montana, first session. Butte, Montana, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20449/>.