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Thread #171132 Message #4138924
Posted By: Thomas Stern
12-Apr-22 - 11:12 PM
Thread Name: Info: Wallace House (NYU prof & Folkways Artist)
Subject: RE: Info: Wallace House (NYU prof & Folkways Artist)
Ray M. Lawless: Folksingers and Folksong in America (book) has entry for Wallace House, from Folkways noted above.
The notes for the ASCH United Nations album add little, but discuss his approach to folk music. I will copy and post later.
A couple of additions to the recordings:
SOUNDBOOK #1020 10"-LP 1956 [CAEDMON CB 1 10"-LP 1966 CAEDMON TC 1399 LP c.1972 HARPER AUDIO ISBN: 9780898451047 CS 1996 (LP and cassette add tracks by Oscar Brand)
GOLDEN SLUMBERS A Selection of Lullabies from Near and Far Record research and editing: Sam Eskin Jean Ritchie, Frank Cooke, Juanita Cascone, Peter Seeger, Ruth Welcome, Elizabeth Knight, Wallace House, Robin Roberts.
Wallace House and Peter Seeger appear on this record through the courtesy of Folkways Records
10" 12" B4 B7 Lullay(Lalo) (Wallace House)
1960 FH 5801 American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.1 3-LP various performers, 3 tracks by Wallace House. C1 Hail Africa Band Wallace House 1:53 E4 Old English Forty Years Ago Wallace House 6:02 E5 The Hunters of Kentucky Wallace House 3:02