Performance documentary featuring Braun and Schmidt. Braun, a blues and boogie woogie pianist, is the musical heir to Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Hammond and Professor Longhair. Schmidt performs folk music, singing her poems and songs to the accompanyment of a 12 string guityar, a mountain dulcimer, and a pianolin--a rare 1940s instrument which originated in Michigan.|MARK BRAUN AND CLAUDIA SCHMIDT / produced by Elisabeth Perez Luna and Judi Moore Smith. SERIES: At the bride| no. 3 Performance documentary featuring Braun and Schmidt. Braun, a blues and boogie woogie pianist, is the musical heir to Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Hammond and Professor Longhair. Schmidt performs folk music, singing her poems and songs to a 12-string guitar, mountain dulcimer and pianolin--a rare 1940s Michigan instrument. Funded by the William Penn Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pennsylvania Arts Council. RECORDED: Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia. BROADCAST: Satellite, 22 Mar. 1988.
