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Concert Richard Morrison; Fate Morrison; Glen Branscum; Evelyn Ramsey; Bobby McMillon; Sheila Rice (Sheila Kay Adams); Cas Wallin; Roadside Theater

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife (1976)  Search this
Artist:
Ramsey, Evelyn, 1925-2001  Search this
McMillon, Bobby  Search this
Adams, Sheila Kay  Search this
Wallin, Cas  Search this
Branscum, Glen, 1928-  Search this
Morrison, Richard  Search this
Morrison, Fate, b. 1905  Search this
Roadside Theater  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (7 inch reel, 1/4 inch tape)
sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Songs and music
United States
Washington (D.C.)
North Carolina
Date:
1976 July 8
Contents:
Richard Morrision--unk; Fate Morrison--Old Aunt Kate there's a bug on you; Glen Branscum--Cowboy's lament; Evelyn Ramsey--True lover's farewell; Bobby McMillon--Going back to North Carolina; Sheila Rice--Black is the color of my true love's hair; Cas Wallin--Pretty Saro; Roadside Theater--Storytelling
General note:
DPA number 77.704.19
Local Numbers:
FP-1976-7RR-2423
General:
CDR copy
77.704.19
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, 1976.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1976 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1976, Item FP-1976-7RR-2423
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1976 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1976 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Festival Stage / 5.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5a760046c-59d6-4d28-a8df-0c9936fab0a0
EDAN-URL:
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The Faulse Lady recorded by Moses Asch

Artist:
Summers, Andrew Rowan  Search this
Performer:
Summers, Andrew Rowan  Search this
Recorder:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Collection Creator:
Ramsey, Frederic, 1915-1995  Search this
Extent:
1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Phonograph records
Date:
1954
Track Information:
101. The Ballad of Mary Hamilton (The Four Marys). (3:38).

102. The Faulse Lady. (5:10).

103. Willie of Hazel Green. (3:25).

201. O, Waly, Waly. (3:41).

202. Billy Boy. (1:59).

203. The Two Sisters. (6:30).
Local Numbers:
RA-RAMS-LP-0715

FLP.83712 ;.Folkways.2044
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York: Folkways, 1954.
Participant or Performer Note:
Andrew Rowan Summers, vocal with dulcimer accompaniment.
General:
Commercial

Program notes and song texts (6 p. : ill.) inserted in outer container.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Folksong revival  Search this
Ballads, English -- United States  Search this
Folk songs, English -- United States  Search this
Appalachian dulcimer  Search this
Dulcimer music  Search this
Collection Citation:
Frederic Ramsey audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.RAMS, Item RA-RAMS-LP-0715
See more items in:
Frederic Ramsey audio recordings
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5e3ce04f2-7673-41f5-89a1-29879120392b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-rams-ref1

Nga moteatea, he maramara rere no nga waka maha / he mea kohikohi na A.T. Ngata

Author:
Ngata, Apirana Turupa Sir 1874-1950  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. ; 25 cm
Type:
Texts
Date:
1928
1929
1928-1929
Topic:
Folk songs, Māori  Search this
Folk songs, Māori--Translations into English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
PL6465 .Z77 1928X
PL6465.Z77 1928X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_149020

The Viking book of folk ballads of the English-speaking world edited by Albert B. Friedman

Author:
Friedman, Albert B  Search this
Physical description:
xxxv, 469 pages 21 cm
Type:
Texts
Textes
Place:
English-speaking countries
Anglophonie
Date:
1976
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Narrative poetry, English  Search this
Ballades anglaises  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113590

Folk songs of the southern Appalachians as sung by Jean Ritchie forewords by Alan Lomax and Ron Pen

Editor:
Ritchie, Jean  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 100 pages of music illustrations 26 cm
Type:
Scores
Ballads
Folk songs
Folk music
Place:
Appalachian Region, Southern
Appalaches (Sud)
États-Unis
Kentucky
Southern Appalachian Region
Date:
1997
Topic:
Folk music  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Chansons folkloriques anglaises  Search this
Ballades anglaises  Search this
Chansons traditionnelles  Search this
Musique traditionnelle  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113426

Ballads from her Appalachian family tradition [sound recording] / Jean Ritchie

Title:
Jean Ritchie: Folk ballads from her Appalachian family tradition
Author:
Ritchie, Jean  Search this
Child, Francis James 1825-1896  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + program notes
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
Southern States
United States
Date:
2003
19uu
P2003
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
disc 000409
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745848

The 12-string guitar as played by Leadbelly; an instruction manual by Julius Lester and Pete Seeger. [Song transcriptions by Jerry Silverman and Julius Lester. Cover design by Ronald Clyne. Photographic selections and arrangement [sic] by Julius Lester]

Author:
Lester, Julius  Search this
Seeger, Pete 1919-  Search this
Physical description:
80 p. photos. 28 cm
Type:
Methods
Music
Place:
United States
Date:
1965
[1965]
Topic:
Guitar  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Call number:
MT582 .L64
MT582.L64
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_40104

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der volkstümlichen Musik insbesondere der Balladenkomposition in England / vorgelegt von Francis L. Limbert

Author:
Limbert, Francis L  Search this
Physical description:
113 p. : music ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Date:
1895
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Call number:
ML2831 .L73 1895
ML2831.L73 1895
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390403

The ballad book / edited by MacEdward Leach

Author:
Leach, MacEdward 1896-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 842 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Scotland
United States
Date:
1955
C1955
Topic:
Ballads, English--Texts  Search this
Call number:
PR1181 .L43 1955
PR1181.L43 1955
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_376044

Richard Dyer-Bennet 6 [sound recording] : songs with young people in mind

Title:
Songs with young people in mind
With young people in mind
Author:
Dyer-Bennet, Richard  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc (35 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Juvenile sound recordings
Date:
2000
1958
P2000
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Children's songs  Search this
Call number:
disc 000381
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744788

Classic mountain songs from Smithsonian Folkways [sound recording]

Author:
Wallin, Doug 1919-  Search this
Boggs, Dock 1898-1971  Search this
Davis, George 1906-1992  Search this
Riddle, Lesley  Search this
Sumner, Marion 1920-1997  Search this
Watson, Doc  Search this
Watson, Merle  Search this
Reed, Ola Belle  Search this
Steele, Pete b. 1891  Search this
Dickens, Hazel  Search this
Gerrard, Alice 1934-  Search this
McGee, Sam 1894-1975  Search this
Ashley, Clarence 1895-1967  Search this
Wallin, Berzilla  Search this
Ward, Wade  Search this
Chandler, Dillard  Search this
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar  Search this
Holcomb, Roscoe  Search this
Ritchie, Jean  Search this
Price, Fred 1915-1987  Search this
Howard, Clint 1930-  Search this
Stoneman, Ernest V  Search this
Edmonds, Norman  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Indian Bottom Association  Search this
Phipps Family (Musical group)  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
Appalachian Region, Southern
Date:
2002
1958
P2002
Topic:
Folk music  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Hymns, English  Search this
Gospel music  Search this
Fiddle tunes  Search this
Banjo music  Search this
Bluegrass music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000389
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745726

Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts 1639-1800

Author:
Ford, Worthington Chauncey 1858-1941  Search this
Massachusetts Historical Society  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 483 p. fold. front., illus., facsims. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Massachusetts
Date:
1922
Topic:
Broadsides--Bibliography  Search this
Ballads, English--Bibliography  Search this
American literature--Bibliography  Search this
Printing--History  Search this
History  Search this
Sources  Search this
Bibliography  Search this
Call number:
Z1231.B7 F711
Z1231.B7F711
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_89969

American favorite ballads. Vol. 2 [sound recording] / Pete Seeger

Author:
Seeger, Pete 1919-  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
1954
P2003
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000384
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745719

The rose & the briar : death, love and liberty in the American ballad / edited by Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus

Title:
Rose and the briar
Author:
Wilentz, Sean  Search this
Marcus, Greil  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Ballads, English--History and criticism  Search this
Death in music  Search this
Love songs--History and criticism  Search this
Liberty--Songs and music--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745759

Reprints from the People's songs bulletin, 1946-1949. Foreword by Pete Seeger, edited by Irwin Silber

Author:
Silber, Irwin 1925-2010  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. illus., ports. 24 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1961
1961]
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Songbooks  Search this
Call number:
M1629.P413R5X 1961
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378121

Scalded to death by the steam : authentic stories of railroad disasters and the ballads that were written about them / Katie Letcher Lyle

Author:
Lyle, Katie Letcher 1938-  Search this
Physical description:
212, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
1983
Topic:
Railroads--Accidents--Songs and music--History and criticism  Search this
Ballads, English--History and criticism  Search this
Railroads--Accidents--Songs and music  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
ML3551.L94 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_400553

Classic maritime music from Smithsonian Folkways recordings [sound recording]

Author:
Place, Jeffrey  Search this
Eskin, Sam  Search this
Gillespie, Stuart  Search this
Mills, Alan 1912-1977  Search this
Frank, Stuart M  Search this
Cohn, Ellen R  Search this
Hugill, Stan  Search this
Leadbelly 1885-1949  Search this
MacColl, Ewan  Search this
Seeger, Peggy 1935-  Search this
Lloyd, A. L (Albert Lancaster) 1908-1982  Search this
Killen, Louis  Search this
Warner, Jeff  Search this
Warner, Gerret  Search this
Benson, Fud  Search this
Wisner, Tom 1930-  Search this
Goux, Tom  Search this
Sulanowski, Jacek  Search this
Sullivan, Tom (Thomas G.)  Search this
X-Seamen's Institute  Search this
Shanty Men  Search this
Foc'sle Singers  Search this
Dicey Doh Singers  Search this
Gold Ring (Musical group)  Search this
Morrigan (Musical group)  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
1951
P2004
Topic:
Sea songs  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
M1977.S2 C58 2004
disc 000367
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744247

900 miles; the ballads, blues, and folksongs of Cisco Houston. [Edited for publication by Moses Asch and Irwin Silber. Musical transcription by Jerry Silverman. Duets transcribed by Ethel Raim. Additional transcriptions by Happy Traum]

Author:
Houston, Cisco  Search this
Asch, Moses  Search this
Silber, Irwin 1925-2010  Search this
Subject:
Houston, Cisco Discography  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1965
[1965]
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
M1629 .H84
M1629.H84
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_88638

Stagolee shot Billy / Cecil Brown

Author:
Brown, Cecil 1943-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Folklore
Place:
United States
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Date:
2003
Topic:
Stagolee (Legendary character)  Search this
African Americans--History and criticism  Search this
Ballads, English--History and criticism  Search this
Literature and folklore  Search this
African American criminals--Folklore  Search this
African American men in literature  Search this
African American men--Folklore  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_717021

Song of Robin Hood / selected & edited by Anne Malcolmson ; music arranged by Grace Castagnetta ; designed & illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton

Author:
Malcolmson, Anne Burnett 1910-  Search this
Castagnetta, Grace 1909-1996  Search this
Burton, Virginia Lee 1909-1968  Search this
Houghton Mifflin Company  Search this
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)  Search this
Subject:
Robin Hood (Legendary character)  Search this
Robin Hood (Legendary character)  Search this
Physical description:
1 score (123 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Songs and music
Songs
Juvenile works
Music
Dust jackets (Bindings)
Place:
England
Date:
1947
1948
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Robin Hood (Legendary character)  Search this
Folk songs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1051282

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