National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) collection

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National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) collection

circa 1961-2008

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af020002

Collection of concert and workshop recordings of events at the National Folk Festivals, Lowell Folk Festivals, and other festivals, tours, and concerts sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), formerly the National Folk Festival Association founded in 1934. Features performances of ballads, blues, bluegrass, contra dance music, country music, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, folk music, gospel music, hymns, old-time music, singer songwriters, steel band music, storytelling, Western swing, and more; with numerous performers playing music from African, African American, American Indian, Cajun, Canadian, Caribbean, Eastern European, Hawaiian, Irish, Latin American, Mexican, Scottish, Sea Islands, Sicilian, Ukrainian, and many other traditions from throughout the United States and from around the world. Manuscripts include documentation from the containers of the original sound recordings.

18,794 items ; 6,025 containers.

eng, Latn

Library of Congress. American Folklife Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11660520

Library of Congress. American Folklife Center

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Jagoda, Flory, 1923-2021

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Flory Jagoda was a Bosnian-born musician who brought the traditional ballads of her Sephardic ancestors and the melodies of the Ladino language to American audiences through performances and recordings. After surviving an internment camp during the Holocaust, Mrs. Jagoda married an American soldier, Harry Jagoda, and settled in Northern Virginia in the 1940s. She is best known for her original Hanukkah song, “Ocho Kandelikas” (“Eight Little Candles”)....