Research Catalog

Title

Negro folk music of Alabama [sound recording].

Publication

New York : Folkways Records, [1951-56]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Amerson, Richard Manuel, approximately 1885-

Description

3 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.

Series Statement

Ethnic Folkways library

Subjects

• Sermons, American
• Singing games
• African American tales
• Spirituals (Songs)
• African Americans > Alabama > Music

Note

• Folkways Records: P 417, P 418, P 471, P 472, P 473, P 474.
• Manual sequence.
• Lyrics and program notes (v. 1. [6] fold. p. : ill. ; v. 2. [10] p. : ill.) inserted in containers.

Event (note)

• Music, both vocal and instrumental, sermons, and stories recorded in central and western Alabama, Jan. and Feb. 1950 by Harold Courlander, assisted by Ruby Pickens Tartt and Emma Courlander, in the course of a field trip sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

Contents

v. 1. Secular songs -- v. 2. Religious music -- v. 3. Rich Amerson, 1 -- v. 4. Rich Amerson, 2 -- v. 5. Spirituals -- v. 6. Ring game songs and others.

Call Number

*LZR 26059

OCLC

9924498

Title

Negro folk music of Alabama [sound recording].

Imprint

New York : Folkways Records, [1951-56]

Series

Ethnic Folkways library

Performer

Local performers.

Event

Music, both vocal and instrumental, sermons, and stories recorded in central and western Alabama, Jan. and Feb. 1950 by Harold Courlander, assisted by Ruby Pickens Tartt and Emma Courlander, in the course of a field trip sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

Added Author

Amerson, Richard Manuel, approximately 1885-

Publisher No.

P 417--P 418 Folkways Records

P 471--P 474 Folkways Records

Research Call Number

*LZR 26059 Lyrics on file.

*LZR 26067