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Audio Recording Shape note singing at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Sylvester, Georgia (audiocassette version), includes interview with song leader Ernest Fuller and Annie Gaskin

About this Item

Title

  • Shape note singing at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Sylvester, Georgia (audiocassette version), includes interview with song leader Ernest Fuller and Annie Gaskin

Names

  • Robinson, Beverly J. (Collector)
  • Fuller, Ernest
  • Gaskin, Annie

Created / Published

  • Sylvester, Georgia, August 18, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Worth County -- Sylvester

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Additional recordings made at this Thursday evening singing convention are identified by call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21093 to AFS 21095 and carry the date 18 August 1977; the log for this recording is erroneously dated 21 August 1977.
  • -  Side A: part 1 of a 2-part recording of interviews and musical performances at a Thursday evening shape note singing event at Macedonia Baptist Church, Sylvester GA, part 1 consists of an interview with Ernest C. Fuller and comments from Annie Gaskin, made prior to the start of the singing event: prompted by questions from fieldworker Beverly Robinson, Fuller introduces himself, born in Webster County GA, came to Tifton in 1952; Fuller is the president of Evangelist Singing Group; sound of a train passing on the tracks that are across the street from the church; Fuller discussed shape note singing, noted in the log as "So Re Me Doe Singing" (sometimes referred to as do-re-mi or fa-sol-la singing); discussion of possible origins of the singing approach, Fuller believes it is of African American origin but says that blacks get no credit (comment followed by laughter); Annie Gaskin conversation, Robinson takes some photos, duration of this part of the recording about 16 minutes.
  • -  Side B: part 2 of a 2-part recording of interviews and musical performances at a Thursday evening shape note singing event at Macedonia Baptist Church, Sylvester GA, part 2 begins with an interview with Annie Gaskin, born in Florida, living in Sylvester s

Medium

  • audiocassette

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21113
  • MBRS shelflist: RYA 0951
  • Field project identifier: GA7-BR-C10

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, Ernest Fuller, and Annie Gaskin. Shape note singing at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Sylvester, Georgia audiocassette version, includes interview with song leader Ernest Fuller and Annie Gaskin. Sylvester, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21113/.

APA citation style:

Robinson, B. J., Fuller, E. & Gaskin, A. (1977) Shape note singing at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Sylvester, Georgia audiocassette version, includes interview with song leader Ernest Fuller and Annie Gaskin. Sylvester, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21113/.

MLA citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, Ernest Fuller, and Annie Gaskin. Shape note singing at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Sylvester, Georgia audiocassette version, includes interview with song leader Ernest Fuller and Annie Gaskin. Sylvester, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21113/>.