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Libba Cotten, an interview and presentation ceremony
- Title
- Libba Cotten, an interview and presentation ceremony/ conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Author
- Cotten, Elizabeth
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 2 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1437 Disc 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1437 Disc 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (48 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Libba Cotten talks about her life, her career in music and performs two of her songs.
- Subject
- Cotten, Elizabeth > Interviews
- Cotten, Elizabeth
- African Americans > Music
- Folk music > United States
- Blues (Music)
- Music > United States
- African American women musicians > Biography
- African American singers > Biography
- Musicians > United States > Biography
- Folk singers > United States > Biography
- African American singers
- African American women musicians
- African Americans
- Folk music
- Folk singers
- Music
- Musicians
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Interviews.
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Music.
- Nonfiction films.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
- Biography (note)
- Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter. A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar (usually in standard tuning), not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking."
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1437
- OCLC
- 24086614
- Author
- Cotten, Elizabeth, interviewee.
- Title
- Libba Cotten, an interview and presentation ceremony/ conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD
- Event
- Recorded July 30, 1985. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
- Terms Of Use
- Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
- Biography
- Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter. A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar (usually in standard tuning), not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking."
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- Added Author
- Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1437