a_s1708_04_tape24 | Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros | Sound | Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Music Arts, Greek Music business Guitar music Guitarists Musicians Guitarist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros
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- 1987-04-09
- Description
- Five audio cassettes. A life history of Katsaros, plus recordings of his old 78rpm records. Katsaros won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1990. He recorded over 60 albums, and played around the world. He retired to Greece in 1988. He first came to the United States in 1913, to New York City. By 1919, he had a RCA recording contract. His music chronicled the Greek immigrant experience. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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a_s1576_t81-102 | Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell | Sound | Fieldwork Medicine shows Interviews Personal experience narratives Comedy Singing Pianists Performing arts Piano music Traveling shows Oral histories Magic tricks Family history Performers Entertainers Comedians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- Eight reel to reels. Some material from the interviews was used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copied onto C81-73, C81-74, C81-75, C81-76, C81-77, C81-78, C81-79 & C81-80.
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a_s1708_04_tape23 | Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson | Sound | Fishers Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Sponge divers African Americans Sponges Sponge fisheries Fishing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson
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- 1987-03-24
- Description
- One audio cassette. Jackson was one of the few non-Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs in the early 20th Century. He discusses many conflicts between the Greek community and other local peoples. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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a_s2044_02_tape06 | Master of the Sacred Steel album | Sound | Guitarist Singers Audiotape recordings Steel guitars Guitar music Performing arts Guitarists Music performance African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Gospel musicians Gospel (Black) Religion Churches Christianity Concerts Community concerts Protestants Church services Prayer Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Master of the Sacred Steel album
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- 1994-10-13
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. Master version of the Sacred Steel album, which was released in 1995 by the Florida Folklife Program. The album is divided into two sections: side 1 is instrumentals and concerts; side 2 are church services. For more information on musicians, recording locations, and production credits, see accompanying booklet, which can be found in S 2044, box 1, folder 22. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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a_s1576_23_c87-007 | Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Musicology Religion Ukrainian Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview
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- 1985-04-02
- Description
- One audio cassette. Musicologists Kopynec and Professor Omelsky discuss Ukrainian music and its influences; major composers of Ukrainian folk music; different uses of music in Ukrainian culture; purposes of music in Ukrainian life; Soviet changes to Ukrainian music; instruments: cymbala and trampeta; importance of church in Ukrainian music and culture.
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a_s1640_25_tape15 | Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Double chanter bagpipes Field recordings Apprentices Musical instrument makers Greek Americans Tsabouna Folk music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t87-001 | Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna | Sound | Field recordings Music -- Performance Folk music Greek Americans Double chanter bagpipes Reed instruments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_01_c77-018 | Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos | Sound | Arts, Greek Greek Americans Music performance Bouzouki Musical instruments Musicians Performing arts Dance music Singers Storytellers Guitarist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1640_20_tape14 | Performance by Spiros Skordilis, Emanuel Gonatos, and Nick Polemis | Sound | Apprentices Greek Americans Arts, Greek Music performance Bouzouki String instruments Performing arts Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performance by Spiros Skordilis, Emanuel Gonatos, and Nick Polemis
- Date
- 1986-11-04
- Description
- Three audio casettes. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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a_s1576_t82-038 | Performance of an old-time medicine show | Sound | Fieldwork Medicine shows Music performance Performances Comedy Singing Pianists Performing arts Piano music Traveling shows Jokes Magic tricks Performers Entertainers Comedians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performance of an old-time medicine show
- Date
- 1982-01-31
- Description
- Four reel to reels. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-29, C83-30, C83-31, and C83-32. Some material from the performance was used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copy of the programs can be found on C85-14.
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