Black American Gospel Song Series, The Quartet Tradition
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1981 November 20-21
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content: Box 10, Folder 12
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Concert and colloquium held Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21, 1981, at Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Program was created to explore examples of quartet styles. Panelists included Bernice Reagon Johnson, Doug Seroff, Thermon Ruth, Portia K. Maultsby, and Reverend Isaac Ravizee. The Sterling Jubilees and Four Eagles, two of the groups featured in this program, are community-based quartets from Jefferson County, Alabama, whose unaccompanied singing style dates to the 1930s. The program also features the Fairfield Four, a quartet from Nashville, Tennessee, and the Sensational Nightingales. From notes in the Program guide. See program guide for additional information on the Black American Gospel Song: The Quartet Tradition. The concert and colloquium were presented by the Division of Performing Arts. The program was organized by Bernice Johnson Reagon. Program number 408.13.