This collection presents searchable data, digitized audio and visual
materials from two collections. including field recordings, notes, and photographs made during the summers of 1940, 1941, and 1946 by
UW-Madison faculty member Helene Stratman-Thomas for the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project; and recordings collected by song catcher Sidney Robertson Cowell during the summer of 1937 for the Special Skills Division of the Resettlement Administration.
The Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946 presents valuable
information about each folksong and audio files of many original
performances. There are also transcribed melodies, lyrics, performance photographs, and critical commentary listing concordant sources for the tunes and excerpts of field notes by the collector(s). Over 900 performances representing more than thirty ethnic or geographical sources are included. While vocal music predominates, instruments such as the accordion, guitar, Hardanger fiddle, psalmodikon, and tamburica are also presented.
Link:http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WiscFolkSong
Posted by Paul H at September 1, 2005 09:39 AM
