In this preliminary search for a coherent and continuous cohesion of western art and folk music-cultures, Berio utilizes folk songs from seven distinct as the basis for composition. The technique for combining western classical and folk music is...
Billboards; Signs (Notices); Men; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
Two men with guitars flank a large sign reading: "American Folk Song Festival / June 11th / [arrow pointing to the right] / U.S. 23 / Traipsin' Woman Cabin / Jean Thomas, Director." Title supplied by cataloger.
Boys; Banners; Cliffs; American Folk Song Festival
Three boys hold a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs" over a cliff. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at the first American...
Boys; Banners; Girls; Hills; American Folk Song Festival
Three boys and a girl stand on a hillside holding a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at...
Two boys stand on a hillside holding a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at the first...
Carriages & coaches; Covered wagons; Horses; Mules; People; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A mule-drawn covered wagon and a horse-drawn coach convey participants to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two girls, one dressed as an English lady and the other as an Englishman, pose in their finery. They will dance the Virginia Reel at the American Folk Song Festival. Title supplied by cataloger.
Girls; Costumes--Great Britain; Dance; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Two girls, one dressed as an English lady and the other as an Englishman, pose in their finery. They will dance the Virginia Reel at the American Folk Song Festival. Title supplied by cataloger.
Horses; Boys; Banners; American Folk Song Festival
Children on horseback carry a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs" through a cornfield next to a haystack. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited...
Men; Violins; Stringed instruments; Log cabins; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Fiddling blacksmith Bun Oney (sometimes referred to as Bud Oney) sits, holding his fiddle and bow, on the porch of a cabin (probably the site of the American Folk Song Festival). Title supplied by cataloger.
Men, women, and children sit in an open wagon, known as a "jolt" wagon, which is conveying them to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky. According to Jean Thomas' notes, this image was...
Men; Women; Children; Carts & wagons; Mules; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Men, women, and children sit in an open wagon, known as a "jolt" wagon, which is conveying them to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Women in long wool dresses and male bagpipers in kilts sit at the front of the American Folk Song Festival stage outside the Traipsin' Woman Cabin along the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Women; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
An old man and old woman wearing pioneer attire. They are likely in costume for the Infare section of the annual American Folk Song Festival. The Infare is a short dramatic presentation of a pioneer wedding set to music. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Women; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
An old man and old woman wearing pioneer attire. They are likely in costume for the Infare section of the annual American Folk Song Festival. The Infare is a short dramatic presentation of a pioneer wedding set to music. A young woman wearing a...
Men; Women; Covered wagons; Mules; Carriages & coaches; Horses; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A mule-drawn covered wagon stops along its route conveying participants to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky. A horse-drawn coach is partially obscured by a tree. Men and women stand on and...
Men; Women; Covered wagons; Mules; Carriages & coaches; Horses; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A mule-drawn covered wagon and a horse-drawn coach stop along the route conveying participants to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky to greet other participants heading there on foot. Title...
Coe Glade, wearing a suit and hat and holding a fur stole, leans against an unidentified man, wearing a suit and hat and smoking a cigar. They were at Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, on the occasion of...
Men; Women; Signs (Notices); Log cabins; American Folk Song Festival
A copy photograph of the page of an album containing a photograph of Jean Thomas (front, in tam) with Coe Glade (young woman in suit at left), Ruth Ogden (at right), and an unidentified man on the steps of Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo...
