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Georgia Sea Island Singers
About this film
Content: Performance by The Sea Island Singers from St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States. Singers include Peter Davis, John Davis, Emma Lee Ramsey, Bessie Burke, and Bessie Jones. Song titled "In That Great Day." Filmed and recorded by Robert Garfias at the University of Washington. *Note: Scene/visual missing starting at 2:10, but audio continues. The Collection: The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives' Robert Garfias Film Collection contains recordings of ethnographic music and dance performances created by ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias during the 1960's and 70's. Garfias' films, digitized in partnership with the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, include materials from Korea and the Philippines, as well as recordings of international artists made locally in Seattle, Washington.
Directors & creators
Robert Garfias
Subjects
Sea Island Singers, Saint Simons Island (Ga. : Island, Gospel Music, Gospel Singers--United States, African American musicians, Ethnomusicology, Robert Garfias, University of Washington Ethnomusicology
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