Item Detail
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
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Ach Ya! : the story of German music in Wisconsin
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The Ach Ya!: The Story of German Music in Wisconsin Collection presents historical images from the nineteenth through the late twentieth century that evoke the long-standing heritage and rich diversity of Wisconsin's German musical traditions, especially in German-American communities in Calumet, Dodge, Marathon, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan counties. Created for the 1984-1986 German-American Music Project, the images feature buildings and landscapes, musicians in customary contexts of musical performance, home, and community life (such as dance halls, festivals, and weddings), as well as musical instruments, recordings, songbooks, musical scores, and symbols of German heritage and German-American identity. The collection balances original photography in these communities in the 1980s by Project photographer Lewis Koch and folklorist James P. Leary, with Koch's copy photography of historical photographs made available by musicians, families, community and historical organizations, and especially the Watertown Historical Society and Wisconsin Historical Society. Project field researchers, Philip Martin (Project director), James P. Leary, and Philip Bohlman, also provided material represented in copy work. (from the website).
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Website
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Madison, Wis.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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English
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Internet
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