Browse Titles - 4 results
See details
(Folkways Records, 1961), 35 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Folkways Records
×
See details
Cajun Country Guitar
produced by Gérard Dôle, fl. 1985 (Folkways Records, 1978), 30 mins
On a search for recordings from an old Cajun singer, Gérard Dôle encountered guitarist Richard Fontenont on a proverbial dark and stormy night. Fontenont and his family took him in, told him stories, and later, Dôle recorded the material for this album, which presents Richard’s delightful fingerstyle guitar.
Sample
produced by Gérard Dôle, fl. 1985 (Folkways Records, 1978), 30 mins
Description
On a search for recordings from an old Cajun singer, Gérard Dôle encountered guitarist Richard Fontenont on a proverbial dark and stormy night. Fontenont and his family took him in, told him stories, and later, Dôle recorded the material for this album, which presents Richard’s delightful fingerstyle guitar.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Gérard Dôle, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Folkways Records
Tracks
×
See details
Essay in Ragtime: Ragtime Piano Classics
produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015 (Folkways Records, 1961), 41 mins
Sample
produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015 (Folkways Records, 1961), 41 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Folkways Records
×
See details
Facundo Gonzáles: New Mexican Violinista
produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1979), 37 mins
"Nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains northeast of Santa Fe lies the small village Chamisal, with a population of several hundred persons, primarily Hispanic-Americans. This quiet farming hamlet is the home of Facundo Gonzales, a remarkable violinista. Sr. Gonzales, who was seventy-eight ye...
Sample
produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1979), 37 mins
Description
"Nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains northeast of Santa Fe lies the small village Chamisal, with a population of several hundred persons, primarily Hispanic-Americans. This quiet farming hamlet is the home of Facundo Gonzales, a remarkable violinista. Sr. Gonzales, who was seventy-eight years old at the time of these recordings, has been playing the violin for over sixty years. He learned to play years ago, as one half o...
"Nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains northeast of Santa Fe lies the small village Chamisal, with a population of several hundred persons, primarily Hispanic-Americans. This quiet farming hamlet is the home of Facundo Gonzales, a remarkable violinista. Sr. Gonzales, who was seventy-eight years old at the time of these recordings, has been playing the violin for over sixty years. He learned to play years ago, as one half of the traditional violin-guitar duo, at the ‘Spanish-Colonial’ folk dances..."
Kenneth M. Bilby
"La pequeña villa de Chamisal está ubicada en las faldas de las montañas Sangre de Cristo, al noreste de Santa Fe, con una población de varios cientos de personas, en su mayoría hispano-americanos. Esta tranquila aldea campesina es el hogar de Facundo Gonzales, un sobresaliente violinista. El señor Gonzales, que tenía setenta y ocho años de edad en el momento de la grabación, ha estado tocando el violín por más de seis décadas. El aprendió a interpretar el instrumento hace mucho tiempo, como parte del tradicional dúo violín-guitarra que acompaña las danzas folclóricas ‘hispano-coloniales’..."
Kenneth M. Bilby
Para información sobre ordenar haga clic aquí.
Show more Show less
Kenneth M. Bilby
"La pequeña villa de Chamisal está ubicada en las faldas de las montañas Sangre de Cristo, al noreste de Santa Fe, con una población de varios cientos de personas, en su mayoría hispano-americanos. Esta tranquila aldea campesina es el hogar de Facundo Gonzales, un sobresaliente violinista. El señor Gonzales, que tenía setenta y ocho años de edad en el momento de la grabación, ha estado tocando el violín por más de seis décadas. El aprendió a interpretar el instrumento hace mucho tiempo, como parte del tradicional dúo violín-guitarra que acompaña las danzas folclóricas ‘hispano-coloniales’..."
Kenneth M. Bilby
Para información sobre ordenar haga clic aquí.
Show more Show less
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953-
Date Published / Released
1979
Publisher
Folkways Records
×
