COLLECTION NAME:
WNYC: Radio
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WNYC: Radio
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Identifier:
MUNI-AMFV-1941-02-uu-72642.2 LT6317 EQ stereo Square Dance
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MUNI-AMFV-1941-02-uu-72642.2 LT6317 EQ stereo Square Dance
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Catalog Number:
LT6317
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LT6317
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Title:
America Tells Its Stories: The American Square Dance Group
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America Tells Its Stories: The American Square Dance Group
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Series Title:
American Music Festival
series_title
American Music Festival
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Description:
Program 5 ~ Songs from New England and the Deep South. ~ Hosted by Boris Yuck (?) members of the American Square Dance Group bring listeners songs people like to dance to. ~ Lucy Allison , accompanied by William Agnew (John Allison was unable to perform as planned) play a Revolutionary era song, "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier." ~ Next, a square dance is played. ~ Followed by "Old Joe Clark" with Pete Seeger on the five-string banjo. Seeger describes the history of this style of banjo. He goes on to play "John Hardy," and "Cindy." [extensive abrasions on the disc result in poor audio quality in this portion] ~ Manny Wiener calls a "Kentucky Running Set" square dance. ~ Lucy Allison and William Agnew returns to perform "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?" and "Nancy Till." ~ Pete Seeger sings "Pretty Polly" ~ The show's announcer explains that in some regions folk dancing is done to just the singing of performers because of religious opposition to the playing of instruments. They perform such a song called "Brown Jug." ~ The announcer closes the show by promoting "Promenade" American Square Dance Group magazine.
description
Program 5 ~ Songs from New England and the Deep South. ~ Hosted by Boris Yuck (?) members of the American Square Dance Group bring listeners songs people like to dance to. ~ Lucy Allison , accompanied by William Agnew (John Allison was unable to perform as planned) play a Revolutionary era song, "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier." ~ Next, a square dance is played. ~ Followed by "Old Joe Clark" with Pete Seeger on the five-string banjo. Seeger describes the history of this style of banjo. He goes on to play "John Hardy," and "Cindy." [extensive abrasions on the disc result in poor audio quality in this portion] ~ Manny Wiener calls a "Kentucky Running Set" square dance. ~ Lucy Allison and William Agnew returns to perform "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?" and "Nancy Till." ~ Pete Seeger sings "Pretty Polly" ~ The show's announcer explains that in some regions folk dancing is done to just the singing of performers because of religious opposition to the playing of instruments. They perform such a song called "Brown Jug." ~ The announcer closes the show by promoting "Promenade" American Square Dance Group magazine.
Description
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Date:
February 1941
date
February 1941
Date
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Creator:
WNYC Radio
creator
WNYC Radio
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Credit:
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
credit
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Subject:
Arts.
subject
Arts.
Subject
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Subject:
Music.
subject
Music.
Subject
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Subject:
Folk music.
subject
Folk music.
Subject
false
Subject:
Dance.
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Dance.
Subject
false
Type:
Sound
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Sound
Type
false
Format:
lacquer transcription disc
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lacquer transcription disc
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Language:
English
language
English
Language
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Notes:
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