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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Melton, James, 1904-1961"
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Operatic tenor James Melton performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial

Operatic tenor James Melton performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial
Date
1953-01-09
Description
One reel to reel recording. Melton was born in Moultrie, Georgia, but raised in Citra and Ocala. After training in Atlanta, New York City, and Berlin, Melton began performing with several big bands (including a national tour with George Gershwin) as well as several national radio programs. In the late 1930s, he began performing in Hollywood films such as Ziegfield Follies, Melody for Two, and Stars Over Broadway. He debuted at the Metropolitan Opera House in December 1942 in Mozart's "Magic Flute." By the 1950s, he began recording albums of opera pieces and standards.
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Operatic tenor James Melton performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial

Operatic tenor James Melton performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial
Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1952)

Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1952)
Date
1952-01-13
Description
Two reel to reel recordings. Stephen Foster Day was celebrated on 13 January, which was the day songwriter Foster died. Songwriter Stephen Foster wrote Old Folks at Home in 1851. In 1935, the Florida Legislature designated "Old Folks at Home" (often referred to as "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River") as Florida's state song. Over the next two decades, several Floridians began to push for a memorial to the song's composer, Stephen Collins Foster, considered by many to be the nation's first commercial songwriter. Finally, after the efforts of the Florida Federation of Music Clubs, the state opened the Stephen Foster Memorial, a 250-acre state-owned park, in White Springs, Florida in 1950, and would eventually comprise a bell tower, a Stephen Foster Museum, landscaped park grounds, and an annual Florida Folk Festival, along with other public programs. That same year, the state created the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission to administer the development and maintenance of the park.
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Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1952)

Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1952)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s2043_00036Operatic tenor James Melton performing at the Stephen Foster MemorialSoundContests
Music performance
Performing arts
Opera
Singing
Oral performance
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a_s2043_00029Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1952)SoundConcerts
Music performance
Performing arts
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Singing
Public officials
Public speaking
Special events
Musicians
Public officer
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