In 1941, Putnam County held a county-wide musical festival written and staged by Putnam County elementary schools called "Music America." Assistance was provided by Putnam and White County high schools, the Baxter Parent-Teacher Association, and Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. The event was held in the gymnasium on Tennessee Technological University’s campus. The songs and acting in the festival traced events throughout American history, including depictions of traditional Thanksgiving themes, colonial life, frontier life, and World War I. The musical acts also depict plantation life and slavery. The event was an observance of American Education Week. The collection contains newspaper articles, scripts, committee lists, song lists, song lyrics, sheet music, instructions for the event, and correspondence including regrets. Sheet music include "The Man on the Flying Trapeze," "Sandy Land: American Folk Song," "Daisy Bell," "The Liberty Song," "My Buddy," "Old Hundredth," "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Springfield Mountain (Appalachian Mountain ballad)," and "A Paper of Pins." There was also a Prayer for Thanksgiving.
title:
Putnam County Music Festival scrapbook
creator:
Putnam County Music Board
creator:
Putnam County School District (Tenn.)
subject:
Epperson, Clara Cox
subject:
Music festival programs
subject:
Historical reenactments
subject:
School children
subject:
High school students
subject:
correspondence
subject:
Stage directions
subject:
sheet music
subject:
Brewton, J. E.
subject:
Tufts, John, 1689-1750
description:
In 1941, Putnam County held a county-wide musical festival written and staged by Putnam County elementary schools called "Music America." Assistance was provided by Putnam and White County high schools, the Baxter Parent-Teacher Association, and Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. The event was held in the gymnasium on Tennessee Technological University’s campus. The songs and acting in the festival traced events throughout American history, including depictions of traditional Thanksgiving themes, colonial life, frontier life, and World War I. The musical acts also depict plantation life and slavery. The event was an observance of American Education Week. The collection contains newspaper articles, scripts, committee lists, song lists, song lyrics, sheet music, instructions for the event, and correspondence including regrets. Sheet music include "The Man on the Flying Trapeze," "Sandy Land: American Folk Song," "Daisy Bell," "The Liberty Song," "My Buddy," "Old Hundredth," "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Springfield Mountain (Appalachian Mountain ballad)," and "A Paper of Pins." There was also a Prayer for Thanksgiving.
date:
1941, 1980
type:
text
format:
pdf
identifier:
2017-0066_001
publisher:
Tennessee Technological University. Archives and Special Collections
source:
Acc#2017-0066
language:
eng
temporal:
1940s
spatial:
Putnam County (Tenn.)
spatial:
White County (Tenn.)
rights:
In Copyright
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