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Title
1979 UCLA Folk Festival: Old Timey String Bands
Creator
University of California, Los Angeles
Wilgus, D. K
Date Created and/or Issued
1979-05-05
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
Collection
California Revealed from University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive
Rights Information
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Description
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Wilgus produced and directed UCLA's legendary folk music festivals. Folk music luminaries from around the country came to UCLA to give both workshops and concerts at the folk festivals. D.K. Wilgus and Wayland D. Hand established Folklore studies at UCLA, and together founded the Folklore and Mythology Program in 1965. Wilgus came to UCLA in 1963, where he was professor of English and Music until his death in 1989. Wilgus held numerous offices in national and state folklore societies: Editor of Western Folklore for the California Folklore Society; President of the California Folklore Society; Vice-President and President of the American Folklore Society.
Notes on container: Tape 1 of 1; 1:20 pm-; 1:30 -2:30; 79, w2, 1
Type
sound
Format
Master
Mono
1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Folk music
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
Collection 2002.03 Item 200203laff380-79
calauem_000660
Language
English
Subject
Folk music festivals
Folk festivals
Folk festivals--California--Los Angeles
Folk music festivals--California--Los Angeles
Old-time music
UCLA Folk Music Festival
Time Period
1979
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance
University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive
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