Music Recording (Collection)National Folk Festival, 1954
Main title
- National Folk Festival, 1954 [sound recording].
Published/Created
- 1954-04-08.
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Description
- 2 sound tape reels (2 hours, 15 min.) : analog, 2 track ; 10 in.
Rights advisory
- Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Local shelving no.
- LWO 7411 reels 18-19
- AFS 17508-17509
- AFC 1975/022
Related names
Performer
- Various performers including Mesquakie (Fox) people from Iowa; May Kennedy McCord from Springfield, Missouri; Ray Caulkins and the Wisconsin Lumberjacks; the Ozark Ramblers and Dixie Square Dance Team; Joan Mueller; George Roberts; Bob Gibson; Pete Seeger; Hernandez family from Chicago, Illinois; Cotton Blossom Singers from Piney Woods, Mississippi; Omega Singers; Rhineland Wurst Jagers; Fritz Thiessen; William Holt; and others, including school children and high school dance groups and verse-speaking choirs. Gertrude Knott, emcee.
Summary
- Recordings made by the Voice of America, April 8, 1954 at the National Folk Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. Performances include Mesquakie dances; clog dances; square dances; German polkas and waltzes; tanikling (a Philippine dance); czardas danced by Hungarian dancers from the Hungarian Hall in St. Louis; Jewish wedding music and dances; Scottish highland dance; Mexican dance; Anglo-American ballads and folk songs; African American spirituals and work songs; children's singing games; German songs; West Indian songs; Cuban songs; and instrumental music played on fiddle, banjo, accordion, guitar, and other instruments.
LC Subjects
- Folk music--United States.
- Folk dance music--United States.
- Folk festivals--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Folk music festivals--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Folk music--Ozark Mountains Region.
- Folk songs, English--United States.
- Folk dancing--Ozark Mountains Region.
- Folk dancing, Scottish--North Carolina.
- Ballads, English--Ozark Mountains Region.
- Singing games--Missouri--Crystal City.
- Spirituals (Songs)--Mississippi.
- Square dancing--United States.
- Children's songs, English--United States.
- Fox Indians--Music.
- Mexican Americans--Illinois--Music.
- Cuban Americans--Music.
- Jews--Missouri--Saint Louis--Music.
- Hungarian Americans--Missouri--Saint Louis--Music.
- German Americans--Missouri--Rhineland--Music.
- African Americans--Mississippi--Music.
- Filipino Americans--Missouri--Music.
- Saint Louis (Mo.) event place.
Notes
- Recorded at the National Folk Festival, St. Louis, Missouri on April 8, 1954 by the Voice of America.
- Sung in English, German, and Spanish.
Indexes
- List of titles available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress.
Acquisition source
- Voice of America; 1975.
Cite as
- National Folk Festival, 1954 (AFC 1975/022), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
LCCN
- 2008700386
Language code
- eng ger spa
Geographic area code
- n-us--- n-us-mo
Repository
- Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Type of material
- Music Recording (Collection)
Item Availability
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG31)