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THE CENTER FOR
POPULAR MUSIC, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY,
MURFREESBORO,
TN
“DWIGHT
PETERSEN SQUARE DANCE RECORDS” COLLECTION 14-007
Creator:
Petersen,
Dwight E.
Type of Material:
1,503
square dance sound recordings (45 rpm)
Physical Description:
1,503
sound recordings (45 rpm)
Dates:
circa 1970-1990
Abstract (Descriptive Summary):
This is a
collection of square dance recordings (45 rpm). There are a few duplicates or
triplicates. Many of the records include caller sheets on either the sleeve or
as an insert.
Access/Restrictions:
The collection is open for research
use. All materials in this collection are subject to standard national and
international copyright laws. Center staff is able to assist with copyright
questions for this material.
Provenance and Acquisition
Information:
The
material in this collection was given to the Center for Popular Music in July
of 2014 by Dwight Petersen. Petersen visited the Center in July of 2014 as part
of the Stamps Baxter School of Music at MTSU. He then contacted the Center
about donating his square dance record collection. The
majority of the records in this collection were purchased in bulk by the donor
from widows of other callers. The collection includes a few records (less than
100) bought retail by the donor.
Subjects/Index Terms:
Square
dance
Square
dance music
Square
dance music--United States
Dance
music
Agency History/Biographical Sketch:
Dwight Petersen is from Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was
a square dance caller and therefore was able to accrue this collection of 45
rpm records.
Scope and Content:
This
collection contains 1,503 (45 rpm) square dance sound recordings. A projected
65% are “singing calls”, typically well-known songs modified into a pattern
with seven to nine main sections. Seven parts are generally 64 beats in length
each, following an abbcbbd pattern (beginning, figure, figure, middle, figure,
figure, and close). One side of the record is the caller’s recording of the
routine. On the other side, only the instrumental is recorded.
30% of the
records are traditional tunes used for “patter” calls. Often, these records have a different melody
on each side.
The
remaining 5% are a variety of records, including line dance records, clogging
records, popular records, etc.
The
majority of the records in this collection were purchased in bulk by the donor
from widows of other callers. The collection includes a few records (less than
100) bought retail by the donor.
Collection Contents: (Box/stack
list):
1 0001-0169*
2 0170-0352*
3 0353-0499* 0450-0520
4 0521-0680
5 0681-0834
6 0835-0992
7 0993-1137
8 1138-1289
9 1290-1459
10 1460-1503
*not
alphabetized/numerical by issue number
Arrangement:
Sound
recordings (starting at 0450) were processed alphabetically by label and
numerically by issue number.
Location:
Collection
is housed with other 45rpm sound recordings under the mezzanine.
Related Materials:
Other square
dance holdings in the CPM collections include sound recordings, trade catalogs,
books, call books, and the “Anderson Memorial Presbyterian Church square dance
collection.”
Processed
by Emily T. Boersma, September 2015.