American music, from folk to jazz and pop. (1967)

1967 · Short film · 20 min

• Musical

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Synopsis

Commentary by Duke Ellington Traces lesser streams of American music such as the hoedown, square dance, and hillbilly song. Tex Ritter at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry discusses country music. A close relation, folk music, is discussed and performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary Traces the development of popular music or jazz in American history and life. Presents pictures and reproduced music that show the African and European roots in New Orleans jazz and gospel./ia metadata americanmusicfroongs and dances. Includes performances by old time and recent artists.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time

20 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• 16mm Film
• Series: American music, from folk to jazz and pop
• Educational Film
• Popular music
• American music
• History of music
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
• Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group)
• Bennett, Tony, 1926

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