Cortez D. Reece Folk Music Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4610
Collection consists of duplicate copies of disc and tape recordings which Dr. Reece made during the course of his doctoral studies from 1949 to 1953. Nearly all forms of folksong found in southern West Virginia are represented. Reece's dissertation provides an excellent source of information pertaining to both informants and songs. Additional information on the songs can be found in the collection's control folder.
Additional information available in: West Virginia University, and John A. Cuthbert. West Virginia Folk Music: A Descriptive Guide to Field Recordings in the West Virginia and Regional History Collection. West Virginia University Press, 1982.
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Cortez Donald Reece (1908-1974) received his undergraduate education at Fisk University where he earned an A.B. degree in Music in 1931. Five years later, he received an A.M. from the University of Southern California. He was subsequently employed at Bluefield State College in Princeton, West Virginia, where he remained until his retirement in 1971, serving alternately as Director of the Department of Music and Chairman of the Division of Humanities. Intrigued by southern West Virginia's folk music traditions, Reece undertook serious study of regional folksong in the 1940s. His research culminated in a dissertation which was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Ph.D. in Music which he received from the University of Southern California in 1955.
Quoted from: West Virginia University, and John A. Cuthbert. West Virginia Folk Music: A Descriptive Guide to Field Recordings in the West Virginia and Regional History Collection. West Virginia University Press, 1982.
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Gift from Reece, Cortez D., 1974
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository