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New England fiddles : playing down the devil /

Alan Lomax said this film "takes us past the solemn facade of clambakes and town meetings into a lively world of all night dances and local musicians who could have helped Daniel Webster play down the devil." The film includes performances of seven of the finest traditional musicians in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bishop, John Melville (Director), Hawes, Nick (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Montpelier, VT : Multicultural Media, 1983.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Fiddling > New England.
Fiddle tunes > New England.
Folk music > New England.
Folk dance music > New England.
Fiddlers > New England > Interviews.
Art du violoneux > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Airs de violoneux > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Danse folklorique, Musique de > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Violoneux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Entretiens.
Fiddle tunes
Fiddlers
Fiddling
Folk dance music
Folk music
New England
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Interviews
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Alan Lomax said this film "takes us past the solemn facade of clambakes and town meetings into a lively world of all night dances and local musicians who could have helped Daniel Webster play down the devil." The film includes performances of seven of the finest traditional musicians in the Northeast including Joe Cormier, Jerry Robichaud, Ben Guillemette, Paddy Cronin, Wilfred Guillette, Harold Luce, and Ron West playing in their lively and distinct Acadian, Irish, Cape Breton, and Quebecois styles.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 11, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (50 min.)
Playing Time:00:49:24