Field recordings collected by Percy Grainger in England; Sidney Robertson Cowell recordings
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0815
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: Illinois, Wisconsin, California, United States, Great Britain, England.
label: General
content: REEL C 35; CDR copy--Field recordings collected by Percy Grainger in England, 1909; Sidney Cowell Recordings 1936-7. FW-ASCH-7RR-0812 through FW-ASCH-7RR-0816 were among a large number of tapes (at least 35) provided to Moe by Sidney Robertson Cowell, who produced several Folkways albums and whose correspondence with Moe and Folkways fills three folders in the Archives Correspondence Files. She recorded many traditional folksingers in the 1930's and most of the songs on these tapes are dubs of 78's in our Archives and/or in the Archive of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress. Despite having reviewed her correspondence in the Archives Correspondence Files, I couldn't locate anything regarding the "why and wherefore" of the many such tapes she sent to Moe. Regarding the current five tapes, the first four contain recordings made in 1936 through1939 by Ms. Cowell, primarily in the southeastern U.S.; some were made by her in Missouri, Arkansas,Wisconsin, Illinois and California. Four songs on -0815 were originally recorded in 1909 in England, by Percy Grainger. The fifth tape was originally recorded by Maud Karpeles in Appalachia in 1950. FW-ASCH-7RR-0815 includes traditional ballads sung by: Joseph Taylor (Lincolnshire, England), recorded in 1909 by Percy Grainger); Warde Ford (Crandon, WI); David McIntosh (Carbondale, IL); and Virginia Meade (Hollywood, CA, orginally from TX). All sing traditional ballads.
name: label: Recorder
content: Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
label: Recorder
content: Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
label: Artist
content: Taylor, Joseph, 1833-1910
label: Artist
content: Graham, George Vinton
label: Artist
content: Ford, Warde H., 1906-1979
label: Artist
content: McIntosh, David
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: England
label: Place
content: Great Britain
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Wisconsin
label: Place
content: Illinois
label: Place
content: Lincolnshire (England)
label: Place
content: San Jose (Calif.)
label: Place
content: Hollywood (Calif.)
label: Place
content: Crandon (Wis.)
topic: label: Topic
content: British Isles -- Songs and music
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- England
label: Topic
content: Ballads
creator: label: Recorder
content: Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
label: Recorder
content: Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
label: Artist
content: Taylor, Joseph, 1833-1910
label: Artist
content: Graham, George Vinton
label: Artist
content: Ford, Warde H., 1906-1979
label: Artist
content: McIntosh, David
culture: label: Culture
content: British
label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
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-0815
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Joseph Taylor--Spring of thyme (Seeds of love)--Died for love--Brigg Fair--Lord Bateman; George Vinton Graham--Lord Bateman--Barbara Allen; Virginia Meade--Barbara Allen; George Vinton Graham--Lord Randall--True lover of mine (The elf knight); Warde Ford--Many questions (Captain Weddeburn's courtship--Wife wrapped in wether's skin --King John and the bishop; David McIntosh--Lady Margaret and the elf knight--Golden willow tree--Black Jacj Davy--House carpenter