Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings, 1955-1971
date: label: Date
content: 1955
label: Date
content: 1955-1971
label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Creator
content: Dyer-Bennet Records
label: Creator
content: Dyer-Bennet, Richard
label: Creator
content: Cort, Harvey
label: Subject
content: Dyer-Bennet Records
notes: label: Notes
content: English-born Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was a major figure in the American folk music revival of the 1940s-1970s. He performed English ballads and European and American folk songs, blending indigenous rural and traditional materials with a unique musicality and urban artistry. In 1955, Dyer-Bennet founded his own record company in partnership with Harvey Cort. The objective of the new company was to ensure that Dyer-Bennet's recordings would truly reproduce his voice and guitar as they sounded in live performance, and that the songs on each record would be grouped as on his concert programs. Dyer-Bennet Records were released to high critical acclaim. All fifteen albums in the collection were acquired for pressing and distribution by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in 1995.
label: Notes
content: Donated by the Dyer-Bennet family.
label: Summary
content: The Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings, which date from 1955-1974, consist of phonograph records and master audiotapes from Dyer-Bennet Records. The collection also includes a small amount of business records relating to the production of those albums.
label: Cite as
content: Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collection, Smithsonian Institution
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Ballads
label: Topic
content: Folk music
label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Popular music
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content: Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings 1955-1971 [Dyer-Bennet Records]
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
objectType: label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Phonograph records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at (202) 633-7322 for additional information
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: Phonograph records
label: Physical description
content: Audiotapes
label: Physical description
content: Business records
label: Physical description
content: (1.36 cubic feet)