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Negro folk music of Alabama.

Title
Negro folk music of Alabama. Vol. III, Rich Amerson, 1.
Publication
New York : Folkways Records, [1955], ©1955.

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AudioUse in library L4125 FE4471Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996.
  • Amerson, Rich
Description
1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.
Series Statement
Ethnic Folkways library
Uniform Title
Ethnic Folkways library.
Alternative Title
Rich Amerson, 1
Subjects
Note
  • Texts of songs, with historical and ethnological information on pamphlet inserted in containers.
  • Dates on pamphlet : Copyright 1956, 1960.
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
Railroad -- Texas sandstorm -- John Henry -- Chicago and Rome -- Challenge to the Doctor -- Draft Board -- River, creek, sun, moon -- The Champion -- Brer Rabbit Tales ; Rabbit in the hollow tree ; Hawk, Buzzard Rabbit ; Terrapin and Rabbit ; Rabbit and Blacksnake ; Rabbit Fox and the Rail Fence ; Rabbit and the Briar Patch -- Semonizing.
OCLC
  • ocm30129291
  • SCSB-3554872
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries