New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music

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New Harmonies Celebrating American Roots Music

• Kiosk 1 Overview of American roots music
• Kiosk 2 The Earliest Sounds Sacred Song
• Kiosk 3 From the Hills, Hollers, and Plains
  Country Music
• Kiosk 4 Cant Be Satisfied The Blues
• Kiosk 5 Other Sounds, Other Songs
• Kiosk 6 Come Gather Round, People The Roots
  Revival
• Freestanding unit 7 Stand Up and Sing Out
• Central listening station 8

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• Rural Missouri
• A Crossroads of American Roots Music

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• Ashley Hull Black Mountain Rag
• Missouri Traditional Fiddle
• Dance Network

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• John Hartford

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Other prominent Missourians in bluegrass

• The Dillards
• Valerie Smith
• Rhonda Vincent

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• Scott Joplin

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• Blind Boone

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• Intentionally retrogressive chorale style
  characteristic of the Lutheran Church-Missouri
  Synod
• Example A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

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• Shape-note singing from
• the Missouri Harmony

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A few thoughts about potential programming and
complementary exhibits in Vandalia

• Ballads originating from Pike County Sweet
  Betsy from Pike, Joe Bowers
• Music of the Mississippi Valley in the Mark Twain
  Era
• Regional musicians in conjunction with featured
  performers
• Distinctive aspects of regional economic or
  social history that might have contributed to the
  regional musical milieu
• Recent immigrant populations
• Specific venues, events, participatory
  music-making traditions
• Opportunities for field research?
• Local experts?