| 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
- 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_23_c87-008 | Easter service at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Church | Sound | Fieldwork
Easter
Music
Hymns
Easter service
Religion
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian Americans
Church services
Christianity
Choruses
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Religious songs
Oral performance | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t78-316 | Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown | Sound | Interviewing
Interviews
Music performance
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Guitar
Guitar music
Guitarists
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Fieldwork
Guitarist
Blues singers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1603_05_02_tape01 | Recordings of gospel musician Willie Eason | Sound | Singers
African Americans
Gospel (Black)
Gospel musicians
Steel guitars
Religious music
Gospel music
Sound recordings
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recordings of gospel musician Willie Eason
- Date
- 1950
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recordings of Eason's music. One tape is Just a Closer Walk With Thee, and the second is recordings made in 1995 of his old 78 records. A popular gospel musician in the St. Petersburg area. He influenced most gospel steel guitarists. He won the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape06 | David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Folklore
Research, theory, and methodology
Fiddles
String instruments
Folk musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
- Date
- 1985-02-21
- Description
- One audio cassette. Bennett was a fiddler and folklorist. He wrote his Master's thesis at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) in 1940: A Study in Fiddle Tunes From Western North Carolina. In the interview, Bennett discusses his research, fellow bluegrass and old-time musicians, and recording various musicians.
- Collection
| a_s2044_02_tape01 | Willie Eason performing steel guitar music at his home | Sound | Guitarist
Singers
Fieldwork
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Performing arts
Guitarists
Music performance
African Americans
Religious songs
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Willie Eason performing steel guitar music at his home
- Date
- 1994-01-16
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. This tape consisted of excerpts of a longer recording of Eason, recorded at his home. 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.
- Collection
| 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
- 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.
- Collection
| Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Still Image | Entertainers
Performers
Performing arts
African Americans
Guitarists
Guitar
Blues (Music)
Guitar music
String instruments
Boats and boating
Sponges
Guitarist
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown
- Date
- Description
- One photographic proof sheet with 25 black and white images. Also included are a few images of Tarpon Springs sponge boats. December 1978.
- Collection
| Blues singer and guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Blues singer and guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Still Image | Fieldwork
African Americans
Singers
Performers
Musicians
Guitarists
String instruments
Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Blues singer Rosa Williams | Blues singer Rosa Williams | Still Image | Fieldwork
African Americans
Singers
Performers
Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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