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| Date: | 11 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Ruth Anderson, the music librarian at the Madison Public Library, adds another phonograph record to the library's phonographic record collection. |
| Date: | 11 30 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Music public events. The poster features images of outer space and fantasy creatures. A ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1944 |
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| Description: | A committee of Madison women musicians, sitting around a table, selecting music books and scores to supplement the Madison Public Library collection are, l... |
| Date: | 09 11 1956 |
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| Description: | Miss Dorothy Mydland, 409 South Randall Avenue, is the new music teacher at Washington School. A few of her students are shown in the background. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of boys and girls seated with instruments are waiting to perform music at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of school-age children with a few adults playing band instruments outdoors at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of school-age children with a several adults sitting outdoors with band instruments at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Martin Christiansen of Edgerton, the oldest fiddler at the Old-Time Fiddlers contest at the Madison Community Center. He is 77 and has been playing almost ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Posed with their fiddles are Theodore Rygh, Jr., of Woodford, left - third place finisher, and Herman "Tex" Falkenstein, of Madison, right - second place f... |
| Date: | 08 1986 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting the 1986 New York Festival Latino, which was founded in 1976, produced by Joseph Papp, a Broadway producer, and directed by Oscar Ciccone ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A conductor leads a band made up of school-age children as well as a few adults at a Civilian Defense Rally. They are playing outdoors in front of the Post... |
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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Violin and bow played by Madison, Wisconsin pioneer Rosaline Peck, 1830s. (Museum object #1969.304.2,A) |
COMING SOON! This entertaining story chronicles the career of a one-of-a-kind, independent promoter whose hardheadedness and love of music have helped him keep it real and make it in the music business for more than forty years.
| Price: | $28.95 |
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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Souvenir Record Album of Wisconsin songs recorded by the "Incomparable" Hildegarde, c. 1969. (Museum object #2001.50.13.1-2) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Drum kit used by Viroqua, Wisconsin, native Butch Vig when he played with the bands Spooner, Fire Town, and the Grammy-nominated Garbage. (Museum object) |
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