October 30, 2013 1-4pm
BROWARD COUNTY MAIN LIBRARY (AUDITORIUM)
100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1830
954-357-7443
Admission: Free
The ALA Public Programs Office, the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are pleased to announce America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway, a six-week series of public programs featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions of twentieth-century American popular music.
The scholar for the series is James E. Cunningham, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University. Unit FOUR: BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY MUSIC 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Matthew Sabatella performs traditional folk songs of the American South that form the foundation for bluegrass and country music. 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM America's Music: BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY MUSIC with Dr. James Cunningham. FILM: High Lonesome:
The Story of Bluegrass Music, directed by Rachel Liebling (1994) This lovingly realized documentary traces the history of bluegrass music, from its origins in the hills of Appalachia through the innovations that shaped its current form. Using haunting archival footage from the 1930s and 1940s, as well as toe-tapping recordings and performances, the film shows how country music enlivened and dignified the lives of the folk it sprang from.
The film centers on the story of Bill Monroe, considered the father of bluegrass, whose musical genius melded the Scots-Irish traditional melodies of his childhood with new instrumentation and driving rhythm to produce the “high lonesome” bluegrass sound.
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