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    Rosenberg, Neil V.

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    The fonds consists of records created and received by Neil V. Rosenberg as a professor of Folklore and as a writer between 1960 and 2018. Material includes extensive correspondence with musicians, scholars, writers, editors and readers; interviews and transcripts; session sheets; audio and video recordings of interviews and musical performances. The fonds contains materials related to each of the author’s published works, including administrative documents, research, manuscript drafts, and media coverage. The types of documents include letters and emails; transcripts; session sheets; research notes; newspaper and journal articles, reviews; photographs and slides; and audio/visual/textual materials in a variety of formats: reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes and computer discs

    Neil Rosenberg (interview)

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    This interview is included in the Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 Collection at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory. In this interview, Neil Rosenberg, born on March 21, 1939, discusses his great enjoyment of music. He recalls his involvement in the 'folksong revival' as an undergraduate, which developed into an interest in the field of folklore. He continued his musical involvement by playing in a bluegrass band while studying folklore at Indiana University (IU) as a graduate. Rosenberg recalls professors whom he studied under, what student life was like, and the frustration and work he put into his dissertation. He talks about Richard Dorson, his impact on the program, and his anti-folkmusic attitude. He compares the IU folklore program to that of other universities, talks about rivalries between them, and about what brought IU out on top including its internationalism. He also talks about working at IU and what he learned from it. This collection is part of the Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 collection which is available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory. It consists of: 62 pages, 3 tapes (1 7/8 ips, 1 hour 59 minutes), and an index . This collection is closed until 2015 except to authorized project personnel. The IU Folklore Institute, 1987 collection deals with the beginning, the building, and the growth of the Indiana University (IU) Folklore Institute into an internationally recognized program. The interviewees are mostly students and/or faculty of the folklore program from the 1940s to the 1980s. They discuss those who most influenced and impacted the institute, namely Stith Thompson and Richard M. Dorson. They share their memories and experiences of the time they spent, or continue to spend, in the IU Folklore Institute

    The Neil. V. Rosenberg Collection

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    “The Neil V. Rosenberg Collection consists of periodicals from the private library of Dr. Neil V. Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The Collection focuses largely on bluegrass music periodicals and to a lesser extent on periodicals related to the country music from which bluegrass emerged and folksong revivals that embraced it. Please click on the link above to see a full list of titles and holdings. Items from the collections do not circulate but can be viewed at the Archives and Special Collections reading room (located immediately behind the Centre for Newfoundland Studies service desk).

    Photo of folklorist Neil Rosenberg playing the banjo in concert

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    Photo of folklorist Neil Rosenberg playing the banjo in concert

    She went upstairs to make her bed

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    Girl hangs herself because the butcher boy, whom she loves, has been unfaithful to her. Her father finds her body with a note giving instructions for her burial.Mercer: Peacock, p. 705; Laws, ABBB, p. 260 (P 24), Mackenzie, #59, pp.157-

    Neil Rosenberg beside some of the books in his office library

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    NewA very singular archive. Neil Rosenberg in his office .1 of 3DA vol. 17 no.

    Photo of folklorists Gary Green and Neil Rosenberg listening to a concert

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    Photo of folklorists Gary Green and Neil Rosenberg listening to a concert

    Video of Neil Rosenberg, Gary Green and a female musician performing at a concert at Sundance.

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    Video of Neil Rosenberg, Gary Green and a female musician performing a folk song with a fiddle, upright bass, and banjo at a Sundance concert

    Omar Blondahl's Contribution to the Newfoundland Folksong Canon

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    Neil Rosenberg décrit la carrière d'Omar Blondahl, interprète de chansons traditionneles, qui est venu à St. Jean, Terre-Neuve, en 1955. Pendant dix ans, il chantait des chansons terreneuviennes à la radio et la télévision, et a connu une rande réussite avec ses disques. Il était le premier chanteur professionel à se spécialiser dans les chansons traditionnelles de cette province, et était responsable de l’introduction de la guitar comme instrument d’accompagnement

    Dr. Neil Rosenberg being inducted into the international Bluegrass Hall of Fame

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    Video footage from the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show in 2015 at which Memorial University scholar and musician Dr. Neil Rosenberg was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.Duration 14 minutes 11 second
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