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Discovering American Folk Music

Reviews the two main influences -- African and English -- on the development of American folk music. Traces the history of one ballad from its original British version through its journey across America to its emergence in the American West as the cowboy song, 'The Streets of Laredo,' and later in a Negro blues version entitled 'Saint James Infirmary. For more on filmmaker Bernard Wilets, visit http://www.afana.org/wilets.htm

More in Discovering Music Series

  1. Discovering The Music Of Africa 1967
  2. Discovering The Music Of Japan. 1967
  3. Discovering The Sound And Movement Of Music 1967
  4. Discovering The Music Of The Middle Ages 1968
  5. Discovering the Music of the Middle Ages 1968
  6. Discovering the Music of the Middle East 1968
  7. Discovering the music of the Middle East. 1968
  8. Discovering American Folk Music 1969
  9. Discovering Jazz 1969
  10. Discovering The Music Of India 1969
  11. Discovering the Music of India 1969
  12. Discovering The Music Of Latin America 1969
  13. Discovering the Music of Latin America 1969
  14. Discovering American Indian Music 1971
  15. Discovering Russian Folk Music 1975
  16. Discovering Russian folk music 1975
  17. Discovering Country And Western Music 1977
  18. Discovering country and western music 1977
  19. Discovering American Folk Music 1982
  20. Discovering Jazz 1982
  21. Discovering Electronic Music (Revised) 1983

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Sources

  1. A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, description
  2. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — year, color, sound, description, catalog record, video

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