Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Disk, Optical |
Title |
"Field Trip" |
Common Name |
Disc, Compact |
Catalog Number |
2001.55.6 |
Creator |
Ritchie, Jean |
Date |
2001 |
Material(s) |
Plastic; paper; |
Dimensions |
H-5 W-5.5 D-0.5 inches |
Description |
This is a CD entitled "Jean Ritchie Field Trip." On the front is a black and white photo of Jean Ritchie and another woman in 1954 sitting in front of a fireplace. |
Notes |
A re-issue of Jean Ritchie's 1954 field recordings from England, Ireland and Scotland, compared side by side with versions of Ritchie's Apalachian family songs. "And here we are ? almost fifty years since putting out this first recording from our Fulbright year collection. What a short time ago it seems ? and what a hard job it was to get a record out in the early ?50?s, especially as we had no money and did all the considerable leg work ourselves! But what impresses most is how well these songs wear. Recorded just before the last "folk revival," they were sung in a very relaxed way ? just as people sing around the house for their own enjoyment, and they?re as fresh and vibrant now, fifty years later, as they were when we first heard them. Something like this should not be put on a shelf and forgotten, so we?re making them available again, to be rediscovered and enjoyed." |
Collection |
Jean Ritchie Collection |
People |
Ritchie, Jean |
Subjects |
Music Music publishing industry Musical instruments Musicians Folk singers Folk music Folk songs Folksingers |
Search Terms |
Eastern Kentucky Appalachian Region Music Folk music Folklore Scotland Ireland England |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |