Robert Dixon Dulcimer Recordings [sound recording]
name: label: performer
content: Dixon, Robert
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy
label: Notes
content: FW-ASCH-5RR-4445 contains the singing of Robert Dixon, who was the Director of Music for Meridian Public Schools in Meridian, Mississippi. A newspaper clipping from the Meridian, Miss. Star (date not present), discusses Mr. Dixon, his background, education and three-stringed dulcimer. (A copy is in the CD jewel case, tape box; the original in the Rinzler Archives.) He associated with folksinger John Jacob Niles, was influenced by him, and some of the songs associated with Niles are on this tape. Mr. Dixon's style of dulcimer playing is a straightforward rapid strumming. He style of singing is more classical than folk. For some songs, he accompanies himself on a harp. He sings well-known versions of traditional songs.
label: Table of contents
content: Robert Dixon--Red rosy bush--She's gone away--At the foot of yonder's mountain--Go away from my window--Lortd Ullin's daughter--Barbara Allen--The frog song--Lord Darnell--Little Mohee--Jesus Jesus, raise your head--The lass from the low country
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: Mississippi
label: Place
content: Meridian (Miss.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Folksong revival
label: Topic
content: Appalachian dulcimer
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-5RR-4445
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 ; 5 in