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Thomas Stern Obit: Oscar Brand (1920-2016) (27) RE: Obit: Oscar Brand (1920-2016) 01 Oct 16

RIP Oscar Brand.

In addition to the WNYC broadcast, he hosted a 15 min. transcribed
program THE WORLD OF FOLK MUSIC, sponsored by the US Dept of Health,
Education and Social Security. This program started with BURL IVES as host, but Oscar Brand assumed that position after a dozen shows. The 100th show was in May 1963 - there were at least 239 recordings.

In the 1970's DOUBLEDAY Media produced Oscar Brand in a 20-disc series CELEBRATE AMERICA-An American Folk Song Archive.
If anyone has details of the shows, please let us know. Thanks!

Myriad commercial recordings, starting in the 1940's. Information
about some of the early discs, and the Audio Fidelity Bawdy series
are addressed on other threads.

I believe his archive and papers are at the Library of Congress.

Thomas.

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