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Folkways

Music From The Hills

Musical instruments brightened the hard existence experienced by early settlers in NC.

03/05/1997 | Rating NR

Folkways

Music From The Hills

Season 100 Episode 102 | 27m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Musical instruments brightened the hard existence experienced by early settlers in NC.

Examine how musical instruments brightened the hard existence experienced by early settlers in the southern mountains with visits by three venerable makers of instruments in the old, traditional style: Edd Presnell, maker of the four-string mountain dulcimer; Stanley Hicks, purveyor of the fretless banjo; and Albert Hash, maker and player of fine fiddles.

03/05/1997 | Rating NR

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Folkways

Music From The Hills

Season 100 Episode 102 | 27m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Examine how musical instruments brightened the hard existence experienced by early settlers in the southern mountains with visits by three venerable makers of instruments in the old, traditional style: Edd Presnell, maker of the four-string mountain dulcimer; Stanley Hicks, purveyor of the fretless banjo; and Albert Hash, maker and player of fine fiddles.

03/05/1997 | Rating NR

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