Sidney Robertson Cowell recordings: Love Songs and Ballads [sound recording]
name: label: producer
content: Cowell, Sidney Robertson
label: artist
content: Rice, Ben
label: artist
content: McCord, May Kennedy
label: artist
content: Ford, Warde H 1906-1979
label: artist
content: Brusoe, Leizime 1870-1949
notes: label: Notes
content: REEL C32; CDR copy--These recordings were made to aluminum discs. Another set resides in the L:ibrary of Congress. 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 primarily in 1936 through1939 by Ms. Cowell, in the southern U.S.; some were made by her in 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-0813 includes Ben & David Rice (Springfield, MO), Lilly Williams (Springfield, MO), May Kennedy McCord (Springfield, MO), Warde Ford (Crandon, WI), Jack Bailey (Crandon, WI), and Leizime Brusoe (Rhinelander, WI). All sing unaccompanied ballads, except for Mr. Brusoe, who plays two fiddle pieces.
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: Wisconsin, United States, Missouri.
label: Table of contents
content: Ben Rice--Young Charlotte; Lily Williams--William Hall; Ben Rice--I courted a fair maid; Lolly too dum; May Kennedy McCord-- Rolly trudum; Warde Ford--House carpenter; David Rice--House Carpenter; May Kennedy McCord--Young Charlotte; Jack Bailey--My parents treaed me kindly; Warde Forde--Barbara Allen; Leizime Brusoe--MacDonald's reel--Pig town fling
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
label: Place
content: Missouri
label: Place
content: Wisconsin
label: Place
content: Springfield (Mo.)
label: Place
content: Crandon (Wis.)
label: Place
content: Rhinelander (Wis.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Ballads
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0813
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in