Owens folk music.
A collection of digitized audio recordings of Anglo-Texan folk, African-American, Cajun French, and European songs collected and recorded by William A. Owens in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Songs were recorded predominantly in East Texas with some from Missouri and Louisiana. Musical genres rep...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | English French Italian Spanish Czech German Swedish |
| Language Notes: | Songs are performed in English, Cajun French, Italian, Czech, Spanish and Swedish. |
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[College Station, Texas] :
[Texas A&M University Libraries],
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this digital collection |
| Summary: | A collection of digitized audio recordings of Anglo-Texan folk, African-American, Cajun French, and European songs collected and recorded by William A. Owens in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Songs were recorded predominantly in East Texas with some from Missouri and Louisiana. Musical genres represented include: blues, gospel, cowboy songs, ballads, spirituals, lullabies, hymns, fiddle tunes, Cajun music and more. |
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| Item Description: | Originally recorded on analog aluminum and lacquer disks. This collection was digitized from analog tapes and compact discs owned by the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (187 sound files) : digital, .wav |