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The collector's Paul Robeson

Performer:
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976  Search this
Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972  Search this
McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996  Search this
Terry, Sonny  Search this
Commentator:
Seton, Marie  Search this
Collection Creator:
Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003  Search this
Rubin, Rose N.  Search this
Monitor Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound disc (digital, 4 3/4 in.)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound discs
Compact discs
Date:
[197-?]
Track Information:
101. Hammer Song (If I Had a Hammer) / Sonny Terry, harmonica. Brownie McGhee, guitar. 00:02:05.

102. Water Me from the Lime Rock / 00:01:35.

103. Scandalize My Name / H.T. Burleigh, arrangement. 00:01:55.

104. Jacob's Ladder / 00:02:55.

105. Witness / Lawrence Brown, arrangement, piano, vocals. 00:02:10.

106. Stand Still Jordan / 00:03:20.

107. Takin' Names / 00:02:28.

108. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / 00:02:08.

109. Hassidic Chant (Kaddish) / J. Engel, arrangement. 00:02:40.

110. Wanderer / S. Palmgren, arrangement. Finland. 00:02:22.

111. Songs My Mother Taught Me / Anton Dvorak. 00:02:04.

112. Vi Azoi Lebt der Keyser / Lawrence Brown, piano. Yiddish. 00:03:10.

113. The Minstrel Boy / Thomas Moore. 00:01:57.

114. The Orphan / Mussorgsky. 00:01:35.

115. Zog Nit Keynmol (Song of the Warsaw Ghetto) / Lawrence Brown, arrangement. Hebrew. 00:02:00.

116. Joe Hill / Earl Robinson and Alfred Hayes. 00:03:00.

117. No More Auction Block / Lawrence Brown, arrangement. 00:01:20.

118. Some Day He'll Make it Plain to Me / 00:03:30.

119. Didn't my Lord Deliver Daniel / Lawrence Brown, arrangement. 00:01:20.

120. Mount Zion (On My Journey) / 00:02:19.

121. Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees / 00:01:55.

122. Amazing Grace / 00:03:30.

123. Skye Boat Song / Hebrides, Scotland. 00:02:09.

124. Shlof Mein Kind / Yiddish. 00:03:02.

125. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal / Quilter. 00:02:00.

126. Passing By / Purcell. 00:01:50.

127. Little Gal / 00:02:45.

128. Kevin Barry / Ireland. 00:02:10.
Local Numbers:
Monitor.61580
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
[Mt. Vernon, NY] : Monitor, [197-?]
Participant or Performer Note:
Paul Robeson, vocals.
General:
Program notes by Marie Seton ([2] p.) inserted in container.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.
Topic:
Folk music -- United States  Search this
Folk songs, English -- United States  Search this
Spirituals (Songs) -- United States.  Search this
Work songs -- United States.  Search this
Genre/Form:
Compact discs
Collection Citation:
Monitor Records business records, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.MONI, Item Monitor.61580
See more items in:
Monitor Records business records
Monitor Records business records / Audiorecordings / Commercial Recordings / Sound discs
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5b3db9099-d5bc-48e1-88bf-97c9480785e2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-moni-ref553

Logan English in American folk ballads

Performer:
English, Logan  Search this
Collection Creator:
Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003  Search this
Rubin, Rose N.  Search this
Monitor Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
Culture:
Anglo-American  Search this
Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Phonograph records
Place:
Kentucky
Date:
1952
Contents:
Roll on Columbia (2 min. 20 sec.) -- The dewy dens of Yarrow (2 min., 40 sec.) -- Mule skinner blues (2 min., 55 sec.) -- Red clay country (2 min., 23 sec.) -- Buck-eye Jim (2 min., 10 sec.) -- Shenandoah (2 min., 40 sec.) -- The talking fish blues (2 min., 55 sec.) -- The dance set (3 min., 15 sec.) -- Little brown dog (2 min., 18 sec.) -- He's in the jailhouse now (2 min., 45 sec.) -- The Kentucky moonshiner (1 min., 25 sec.) -- My last old dollar is gone (1 min., 37 sec.) -- Pretty Saro (2 min., 6 sec.) -- Mole in the ground (1 min., 37 sec.) -- King's highway (1 min., 42 sec.).
Track Information:
101. Roll On Columbia / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

102. The Dewy Dens of Yarrow / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

103. Muleskinner Blues / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

104. Red Clay Country / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

105. Buck-Eye Jim / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

106. Shenandoah / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

107. The Talking Fishing Blues / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

201. The Dance Set / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

202. Little Brown Dog / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

203. In the Jailhouse Now / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

204. The Kentucky Mooshiner / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

205. My Last Dollar is Gone / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

206. Pretty Saro / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

207. Mole in the Ground / Logan English. Guitar. New York.

208. King's Highway / Logan English. Guitar. New York.
Local Numbers:
Monitor.388
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Mt. Vernon, NY, Monitor 1952
Participant or Performer Note:
Ballads; Logan English, with instrumental ensemble.
General:
Program notes by Logan English on original slipcase.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.
Topic:
Popular music -- United States  Search this
Folk music -- United States  Search this
Folk songs, English -- United States  Search this
Folksong revival  Search this
Genre/Form:
Phonograph records
Collection Citation:
Monitor Records business records, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.MONI, Item Monitor.388
See more items in:
Monitor Records business records
Monitor Records business records / Audiorecordings / Commercial Recordings / Phonographs
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk53807d77b-033c-474a-b4f0-160e27451fd7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-moni-ref565

The liberty minstrel by Geo. W. Clark

Composer:
Clark, George Washington 1812-  Search this
Attributed name:
Clark, George W (George Whitefield) 1831-1911  Search this
Publisher:
Finch, Myron  Search this
Leavitt & Alden  Search this
Saxton & Miles  Search this
Jackson & Chaplin  Search this
Printer:
Benedict, Seth Williston 1803-1869  Search this
Subject:
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)  Search this
Physical description:
1 close score (184 pages, 3 unnumbered pages) 17 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Songs
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1845
Topic:
Liberty  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
M1664.A35 C59 1845
M1664.A35C59 1845
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_122658

African roots / [compiled by] Jerry Silverman

Author:
Silverman, Jerry 1931-  Search this
Physical description:
1 score (64 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
Africa
Date:
1994
C1994
Topic:
Folk songs, English--Juvenile  Search this
Folk music--Juvenile  Search this
Black people--Music--Juvenile  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Blacks--Music  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_589220

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)
EĢtats-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

Classic old-time music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [sound recording]

Author:
Boggs, Dock 1898-1971  Search this
Seeger, Mike 1933-  Search this
McGee, Sam 1894-1975  Search this
McGee, Kirk 1899-1983  Search this
Carter, Maybelle 1909-1978  Search this
Carter, Sara 1898-1979  Search this
Watson, Doc  Search this
Price, Fred 1915-1987  Search this
Ashley, Clarence 1895-1967  Search this
Bode, Frank  Search this
Jarrell, Tommy  Search this
Kessinger, Clark  Search this
Holcomb, Roscoe  Search this
Ward, Wade  Search this
Sexton, Lee  Search this
Pegram, George 1911-1974  Search this
Emmy Cousin 1903-1980  Search this
Summers, John W  Search this
Carlton, Gaither 1901-1972  Search this
Baker, Etta 1913-2006  Search this
Phillips, Cora  Search this
Thompson, Tommy 1937-  Search this
New Lost City Ramblers  Search this
Iron Mountain String Band  Search this
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (Musical group)  Search this
Old Reliable String Band  Search this
Spare Change Boys  Search this
Red Clay Ramblers  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
1962
P2003
Topic:
Old-time music  Search this
String band music  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
disc 000408
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745847

ALERTA sings [sound recording] : & Canciones para el recreo = Songs for the playground

Title:
Canciones para el recreo
Songs for the playground
Author:
Paz, Suni  Search this
ALERTA Multicultural Bilingual Preschool Curriculum Development Project  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Caribbean Area
Latin America
Date:
2000
1977
[2000]
Topic:
Children's songs  Search this
Singing games  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Folk songs, Spanish  Search this
Call number:
disc 000354
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_743974

Folk songs for young people [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:
2002
1959
P2002
Topic:
Children's songs, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000385
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745720

There is no eye [sound recording] : music for photographs : recordings of musicians photographed by John Cohen

Title:
Music for photographs
Recordings of musicians photographed by John Cohen
Author:
Cohen, John There is no eye  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Scotland
Peru
Date:
2001
19uu
P2001
Topic:
Folk music  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Old-time music  Search this
Gospel music  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Bluegrass music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000473
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_748024

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

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 flat-picker's guitar guide : an advanced instruction manual and song book / by Jerry Silverman

Author:
Silverman, Jerry  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : ill., music ; 28 cm
Type:
Methods
Place:
United States
Date:
1963
[c1963]
Topic:
Guitar  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
MT582.S586 F5 1963
MT582.S586F5 1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_381103

Knick-knack paddywhack! / conceived and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

Title:
Knick-knack paddy whack!
Author:
Zelinsky, Paul O  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Texts
Specimens
Counting-out rhymes
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
Toy and movable books  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_906830

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

The 12 days of Christmas : a pop-up celebration / by Robert Sabuda

Title:
Twelve days of Christmas
Author:
Sabuda, Robert  Search this
Physical description:
[12] fold. p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Texts
Juvenile literature
Specimens
Christmas music
Picture books for children
Date:
1996
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
Toy and movable books  Search this
Call number:
PZ8.3 .S23 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_746596

The Canaller's songbook : words, music, and chords to over thirty canal songs / compiled and edited by William Hullfish

Author:
Hullfish, William  Search this
Physical description:
88 p. of music : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1984
C1984
Topic:
Canals--Songs and music  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
M1977.C34C36 1984X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_389280

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

The folk songs of North America, in the English language / by Alan Lomax ; melodies and guitar chords transcribed by Peggy Seeger ; with one hundred piano arrangements by Matyas Seiber and Don Banks ; illustrated by Michael Leonard ; editorial assistant: Shirley Collins

Author:
Lomax, Alan 1915-2002  Search this
Physical description:
xxx, 623 p. : ill., music ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1975
1975, c1960
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
Folk songs--Discography  Search this
Call number:
M1627.L83 F66 1975
M1627.L83F66 1975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72868

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