Masters Of Traditional Music

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Masters Of Traditional Music
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0711b
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Masters Of Traditional Music / hosted by Nancy Lamb| produced by Alan Govenar. 52 mini-documentaries about individuals who discuss and perform music which reflects the culturally diverse traditions in the United States. CONTENT: pt.12. Comanche Indian flutist : Apache, OK / Joyce Doc Tate Nevaquaya (4:52) -- pt.13. African-America blues guitarist : Durham, N.C. / John Dee Holeman (5:00) -- pt.14. Mexican-American accordionist-composer : San Benito, Tx / Narciso Martinez (4:55) -- pt.15. Irish Piper : Chicago, ILL / Joe Shannon (4:49) -- pt.16. Armenian oud player : Visalia, CA / Richard Avedis Hagopian (5:00) -- pt.17. Slovenian polka master : Greenfield, WIS / Louis Bashell (5:00) -- pt.18. Black Creole accordionist : Eunice, LOU / Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (4:50) -- pt.19. Appalachian banjo player : Linefork, KY / Morgan Sexton (4:58) -- pt.20. Cape Breton violinist : Waltham, MASS / Joseph Cormier (4:58) -- pt.21. Ballad singer : Greers Ferry, AK / Almeda Riddle (5:00) -- pt.22. Shape note singer : Ozark, AL / Dewey Williams (4:58). BROADCAST: Satellite, 10 June 1992. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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