University of California Folk Festival: Workshop 5, Reel 2
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content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1841
label: General
content: CDR copy Tape Info: The following tapes were recorded at the 1962 University of California - Berkeley Folk Festival. Many other tapes in the CFCH Archives were recorded at the same festival. FW-ASCH-7RR-1841 is reel 2 of Workshop #5, recorded on 6/29, 1962. Reel no. 1 of the same workshop is FW-ASCH-7RR-1837. Reel no. 2 includes Dr. Charles Seeger, Mike Seeger, Andrew Rowan Summers, Jean Ritchie and Sam Hinton, and Malvina Reynolds (who was in the audience). Reel no. 2 contains a spontaneous free-ranging discussion on the nature of folk music, its definition and what it encompasses, without reaching any conclusions. The nature of bluegrass and it's relationship to folk music is also discussed, along with an alleged decline in the quality of popular music. Mike Seeger plays Little Maggie, etc., on the banjo in Scruggs style to illustrate his points. The relationship of Stephen Foster and the Star-Spangled Banner to folk music is also discussed. Unlike reel no. 1, all participants play a significant role in the discussion. (Dr. Charles Seeger was predominant in Reel #1.).
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Berkeley (Calif.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Folksong revival
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1841
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Workshop