Background
Ramsey, Charles Frederic was born on January 29, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of Charles Frederic and Ethel (Runnette) Ramsey.
( This volume documents Frederic Ramsey Jr.’s journeys th...)
This volume documents Frederic Ramsey Jr.’s journeys through the 1950s South, where he traveled in search of what might still remain of an original, authentic African American musical tradition. In these photographs, songs, interviews, and narratives, Ramsey portrays farmers, railroad workers, housewives, children, church congregations, and country brass bands from Saratoga, Florida, to New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramsey’s images of a past way of life capture the deceptively poor landscapes and lives that gave birth to and sustained some of our warmest and most deeply felt music.
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Ramsey, Charles Frederic was born on January 29, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of Charles Frederic and Ethel (Runnette) Ramsey.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Princeton, 1936.
Editorial, book design, Harcourt, Brace & Company. New York City, 1936-1939;
writer information service, Department Agriculture, 1941-1942;
free-lance writer, Voice American, Dept State, since 1942;
music editor, Charm magazine, New York City, 1946-1952;
music editor, Sat. Review, since 1950;
recordist, anthologist, Folkways Records.
Seminars in history American informal music Solebury School, New Hope, Pennsylvania, since 1962. Institute Jazz Studies. Educational programming consultant Rutgers University.
Biographical writer Time-Life Records. Consultant Time-Life Books. Councillor Society Ethnomusicology, 1961-1963.
Board advisers William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University, since 1981.
( This volume documents Frederic Ramsey Jr.’s journeys th...)
Married Amelia Johnston, Apr.16, 1948 (deceased January 1979). Children— Loch, Martha, Alida.