Historic Map : Folklore Music Map of the United States, 1945 - Vintage Wall Art

Folklore Music Map of the United States by Dorthea Dix Laurence from the Primer of American Music. | Folklore Music Map of the United States by Dorthea Dix Laurence from the Primer of American Music. | Mounted on canvas. Date estimated. In 1939 opera singer and researcher Dorothea Dix Lawrence (1899-1979) created the radio program "Primer of American Music" (sponsored by the Pennsylvania Board of Education). In 1946 this "Folklore Music Map of the United States," a collaboration between Lawrence and woodcut artist and illustrator Harry Cimino (1898-1969) (who is attributed at lower right of the map) collaborated to produce this fascinating piece of Americana.

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