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Discovering American folk music [videorecording] / AIMS Media presents ; a film by Bernard Wilets

Published
[Chatsworth, Calif.] : AIMS Multimedia, 1982.
Copyright Date
©1969
Physical Description
1 videodisc (21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Wilets, Bernard, Stokes, Frank, and AIMS Multimedia (Firm)

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Summary
Reviews the two main influences, African and British, on the development of American folk music. Traces the history of one ballad from its original British version, The unfortunate rake, through its journey across America and its emergence in the American West as the cowboy song, The streets of Laredo, and later in an African American blues version entitled The St. James Infirmary.
Subject(s)
ISBN
0806823402
Related Titles
The unfortunate rake
The street of Laredo
St. James Infirmary
Audience Notes
"Grades 4-8"--Container.
Note
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally released as motion picture in 1969.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Directed by Bernard Wilets ; photography, Frank Stokes.
Technical Details
DVD-R.
Terms of Use and Reproduction
No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
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