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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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Disc 1Moving imageBy appointment only Sc Visual DVD-1437 Disc 1Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Disc 2Moving imageBy appointment only Sc Visual DVD-1437 Disc 2Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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.
Subjects
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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Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1437
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