Folk singer's house, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Artist: Cecil Sharp

Folk singer's house, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Artist: Cecil Sharp

1-218-913 - EFDSS/Heritage Images

Folk singer's house, Appalachia, USA, c1917. British musician Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) and his assistant Dr Maud Karpeles (1885-1976) collected folk songs from the mountain singers of the Appalachians (North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), between 1916 and 1918.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Cecil Sharp, attributed to: British: Folk music collector, author, writer, editor
People Related
  1. Maud Karpeles: : Editor, folk music collector, author, writer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America Appalachian Mountains

  1. 36 00 00 N , 082 40 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Music

Locations & Buildings Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4772x3960
File Size : 55,363kb


Aliases

  1. 02 (1 CD)
  1. from lantern slide
  1. 0550000002
  1. 1-218-913
  1. 1218913


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