Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers materials, c.1976

Sub-Series (ap.afc.04.08)

Extent
10 Film containers
35 Audio tapes
5 Video cassettes
2 Photo prints
1 Boxes
Part of
Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series IV. Appalshop Films, 1973-1977 > Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers materials, c.1976
Scope and Contents
Contains material related to the color documentary Sourwood Moutain Dulcimers, a 1976 release directed. The film features I.D. Stamper, a master dulcimer builder and player from eastern Kentucky, and John McCutcheon, a young musician, as they play together, exchange tunes, and discuss musical traditions and demonstrate the difference between hammered and mountain style dulcimer. The film includes footage of Stamper building a dulcimer and discussing the traditions he learned as a young boy from family members and neighbors.  Subjects include mountain life, the Appalachian dulcimer, dulcimer construction and dulcimer players.