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Archival processing of the John A. Porter Collection on Greek Folk Songs was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 7 items |
Abstract | Field recordings, 1976-1977, of Greek folks songs and poems recorded by John A. Porter, a white student of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection includes recordings by John A. Porter made in both Greece and the United States, including live recordings of Yannis Rountas (ca. 1901- ) and Theodoros Pantazis (ca. 1903- ), both Greek Sarakatsani shepherds and singers from Vitsa Zagori, Iōannina, Greece, singing Greek folk songs from the northern area of the country in Greek, as well as field recordings of Harry Chepriss (1886-1990), a Greek-American who immigrated from Karpenisi, Greece to Buncombe County, N.C. in 1900. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a field collection cover sheet and tape logs prepared by John A. Porter and former Southern Folklife Collection staff, and a paper by John A. Porter related to his fieldwork with Harry Chepriss. |
Creator | Porter, John A. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English ; Greek, Modern (1453- ) |
Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, October 2020
Encoded by: Anne Wells, October 2020
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Archival processing of the John A. Porter Collection on Greek Folk Songs was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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John A. Porter received his master's degree in Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. His master's thesis, which can be found in the North Carolina Collection at Wilson Special Collections Library, is titled "N.G. Politis: Founder of Modern Greek Folk Studies."
Back to TopField recordings, 1976-1977, of Greek folks songs and poems recorded by John A. Porter, a white student of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection includes recordings by John A. Porter made in both Greece and the United States, including live recordings of Yannis Rountas (ca. 1901- ) and Theodoros Pantazis (ca. 1903- ), both Greek Sarakatsani shepherds and singers from Vitsa Zagori, Iōannina, Greece, singing Greek folk songs from the northern area of the country in Greek, as well as field recordings of Harry Chepriss (1886-1990), a Greek-American who immigrated from Karpenisi, Greece to Buncombe County, N.C. in 1900. Field recordings are on 1/4" open reel audio. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a field collection cover sheet and tape logs prepared by John A. Porter and former Southern Folklife Collection staff, and a paper by John A. Porter related to his fieldwork with Harry Chepriss.
Back to TopArrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from SFC database.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20132/912 |
Field recording of seven Greek folk [demotic] songs from the Northern part of Greece [Epirus], performed by Yxnnis Rountas and Theodoros Pantazia, shepherds of Vitsa Zagorion, Ioxnninx, Greece, 17 August 19761/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20132/6259 |
Field recordings of Harry Chepriss [b. Aristotelis Antoniou Tsiapouris, in Karpenissi, Greece, 1886] recorded in Asheville, N.C., 1977: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20132/6260 |
Field recordings of Harry Chepriss [b. Aristotelis Antoniou Tsiapouris, in Karpenissi, Greece, 1886] recorded in Asheville, N.C., 1977: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20132/6261 |
Field recordings of Harry Chepriss [b. Aristotelis Antoniou Tsiapouris, in Karpenissi, Greece, 1886] recorded in Asheville, N.C., 1977: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |