The John Neilson Music Book
A Manuscript of Scottish Fiddle Music from Cuilhill, Scotland, 1875
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Vivian Williams
In 2021 Vivian Williams decided, after many years in her same house, to retire to a smaller living space. While doing so she decided to downsize and pass on her vast music collection and the contents of Voyager Records. The legal entity and copyright of Voyager she graciously gave to The Smithsonian. The material contents of the label, mainly printed books of music and CDs, she passed to us.
As a result we are able to make these materials available to the fiddle community for a limited time and while supplies last. The intention of this project is to distribute the materials to interested fiddlers for a minimal cost with the proceeds being distributed to various fiddle organizations and scholarship funds throughout the Western United States.
We would like to thank Vivian for all she has done and continues to do for fiddling. Her contributions both as a historian and player have been unmeasurable. She and her late husband Phil were pioneers in the Seattle folk community and she continues to inspire new generations of players and folklorists.
Books
The Peter Beemer Manuscript
Dance Music Collected in the Gold Mining Camp of Warren't Diggins, Idaho in the 1860's.
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The Haynes Family Manuscript
Pioneer Dance Music from the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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Now That's a Good Tune
Masters of Traditional Fiddling is a selection of documentary recordings of regional violin playing made between 1984 and 1989. The project was produced by the Missouri Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
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Songs and Dances of the Oregon Trail
This book contains sixty songs and dance tunes sung and danced to on the Trail, and instructions for seventeen dances and play parties, along with their historical backgrounds. All the tunes and dances are well researched Read more
This book contains sixty songs and dance tunes sung and danced to on the Trail, and instructions for seventeen dances and play parties, along with their historical backgrounds. All the tunes and dances are well researched for historical accuracy. Also included are quotes from pioneer journals and accounts of music and dancing on the Trail, and numerous illustrations.
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Recordings
