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Sidney Robertson Cowell (born Sidney William Hawkins; June 2, 1903 – February 23, 1995) was an American ethnomusicologist, collector of folk songs, and the wife of the composer Henry Cowell. [1] [2] Life and career. She was born on June 2, 1903, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Charles Albert Hawkins and Mabel Hawkins (née Morrison).
Sidney Robertson Cowell, Ethnographer and Folk Music Collector. Timeline of significant life events of Sidney Roberston Cowell which led her to work on the WPA (Works Projects Administration) California Folk Music Project. Sidney Roberston Cowell (1903-1995) 1903. Born Sidney William Hawkins in San Francisco, California. 1924.
About The Collector and Her Life. Sidney Robertson Cowell was a song catcher, among the nation’s first and most perceptive ethnographers who recorded a large body of ethnic music between 1936 and 1957. She spent most of her 30s traveling alone throughout the United States collecting music from lumberjack camps, dance halls, and chain gangs.
7 de sept. de 2016 · September 7, 2016. 7 minutes. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Murder, infidelity, drunkenness, deceit, surreal zoological visions, warfare, sea journeys, and divine retribution are pretty common themes in American folk music. Sidney Robertson Cowell knew all that.
The Ethnographic Experience: Sidney Robertson Cowell in Northern California From 1938 to 1940, while in her thirties, Sidney Robertson, ethnographer and collector of traditional American music, single-handedly organized and directed a California Work Projects Administration project designed to survey musical traditions in Northern California.
This New Deal project was organized and directed by folk music collector Sidney Robertson Cowell for the Northern California Work Projects Administration.
27 de abr. de 2018 · The World. April 27, 2018. By Marnette Federis. In the 1930s, it was rare for anyone to record non-English songs. Sidney Robertson Cowell set out to collect one of the first modern-day collections of songs from recent immigrants in the US.
