Object Details
Recorder
Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
Collection Creator
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
Collection Citation
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
Dark clouds--Caucasian folk dance--Mountains of Ergoornum--Daki-tezlana--Yankee doodle--Golikozi Atchik
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Local Numbers
FW-ASCH-7RR-2439
General
Copy of field recordings made on 78rpm of Armenian folksongs collected in 1939 during an elaborate New Deal WPA project organized and directed by folk music collector Sidney Robertson Cowell for the Northern California Work Projects Administration. Performers include Mesroub Takakjian, Joe Bedrosian, and Vartan Shapazian. Sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley, and cosponsored by the Archive of American Folk Song, this undertaking was one of the earliest ethnographic field projects to document European, Slavic, Middle Eastern, and English- and Spanish-language folk music in one region of the United States. Original 78s archived at LOC, AFS 4240 and AFS 4241. Not released on Folkways.
CDR copy
Place
United States
California
Armenia
Topic
Folk songs -- United States
Armenian Americans
Armenia -- Songs and music
Recorder
Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
Extent
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-2439
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Collection Rights
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref20748
Large EAD
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Record ID
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