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Milk Cow Blues
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produced by John Cohen, 1932-; performed by Roscoe Holcomb; in Close To Home (Folkways Records, 1975), 2 mins
Recorded in Holcomb's home in eastern Kentucky, this album portrays the music of a master musician whose identification with his songs is intense, innate, and above all, honest. It's not for nothing that John Cohen, the man who recorded Close to Home, coined the phrase "the high lonesome sound" to describe Holc...
produced by John Cohen, 1932-; performed by Roscoe Holcomb; in Close To Home (Folkways Records, 1975), 2 mins
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Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869): American Piano Music
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composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992), 1 hour 13 mins
Born in New Orleans, Gottschalk (1829-1869) composed piano works that drew on elements of Creole, African American, French, Caribbean, and Southern U.S. culture. He was the first American to earn international acclaim as a pianist-composer. Performed by renowned pianist Amiram Rigai, the selections encompass a v...
composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992), 1 hour 13 mins
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The High Lonesome Sound (LP edition)
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produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Folkways Records, 1965), 51 mins
This third Folkways production featuring Roscoe Holcomb follows Mountain Music of Kentucky (FW02317) and The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward (FW2363). All three albums describe the social, geographical, and musical contexts that influenced Holcomb, and this volume's liner notes present selected transcri...
produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Folkways Records, 1965), 51 mins
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Kilby Snow: Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
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produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009 (Folkways Records, 1969), 46 mins
produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009 (Folkways Records, 1969), 46 mins
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Music Boxes, Carousels, and Hand Organ
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(Cook Records, 1950), 45 mins
This special collection of 19th-century music boxes, carousels and hand organs yields not only the delicate bell-like tingle we associate with the music box or the huskier sound of hand organ bellows, but also a few not-yet-so-elegant jangles from some of the earliest ever mechanical contraptions.
(Cook Records, 1950), 45 mins
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Percussion and Pedal: Pipe Organ in the Mosque, Vol. 2
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(Cook Records, 2006), 46 mins
Celebrated organist Reginald Foort continues his expert demonstration of the Mosque Theatre's legendary Wurlitzer (Richmond, Virginia) with his own improvisations and compositions ("Dust Storm" and "The Clock Factory") as well as classical hits (Ponchielli's Finale, "Dance of the Hours" and Verdi's "Anvil Chorus")...
(Cook Records, 2006), 46 mins
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Piano Music
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composed by Henry Cowell, 1897-1965 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1993), 1 hour 1 mins
Cowell (1897-1965) invented ways to play the piano that no one had ever considered. Taking the whole world of music as his inheritance, Cowell created music which covered a wider range of expression and technique than that of any other American composer. Reissue of Folkways 3349. "A revealing reissue...You'd...
composed by Henry Cowell, 1897-1965 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1993), 1 hour 1 mins
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Pipe Organ in the Mosque
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(Cook Records, 2006), 39 mins
One of the most recorded organists in history, Reginald Foort performs classical favorites such as Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Offenbach's Orpheus Overture and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee" on the legendary Wurlitzer at the Mosque Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. This unequivocal organ is f...
(Cook Records, 2006), 39 mins
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