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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Date: 1986-11-17
Description: Three audio cassettes. 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 arts project 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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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Date: 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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Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Date: 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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Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Master of the Sacred Steel album

Date: 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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Master of the Sacred Steel album

Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview

Date: 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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Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Date: 1995-01-24
Description: One audio cassette. Kavoukis was funded to learn from Tsimouris six tunes on the tsabauna, as well as how to make the instrument. The tsabouna is a traditional Greek bagpipe made out of a goat's skin. 
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Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Date: 1985-01-26
Description: One reel-to-reel recording.
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Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Date: 1977-02
Description: One audio cassette. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
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Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

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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Performance of an old-time medicine show

Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Date: 1991-05-05
Description: One DAT tape. 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 2004.
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Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

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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
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
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
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a_s1640_22_tape16	Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Sound	Fieldwork Zither Autoharp String instruments Musical instruments German Americans Women apprentices Music rehearsals Old time music Country music Apprentices Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Master of the Sacred Steel album

Master of the Sacred Steel album

Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview

Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance of an old-time medicine show

Performance of an old-time medicine show

Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Master of the Sacred Steel album

Master of the Sacred Steel album

Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview

Michael Kopynec & Alexander Omelsky interview

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance of an old-time medicine show

Performance of an old-time medicine show

Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Recording of a music rehearsal by autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger