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Sidney Robertson Cowell (born Sidney William Hawkins; June 2, 1903 – February 23, 1995) was an American ethnomusicologist, collector of folk songs, and the wife of the composer Henry Cowell.
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Sidney Robertson Cowell collection, 1901-1992
Sidney Robertson Cowell, Ethnographer and Folk Music Collector. Timeline of significant life events of Sidney Roberston Cowell which led her to work on the WPA (Works Projects Administration) California Folk Music Project.
Sidney Robertson Cowell was a song catcher, among the nation’s first and most perceptive ethnographers who recorded a large body of ethnic music between 1936 and 1957. She spent most of her 30s traveling alone throughout the United States collecting music from lumberjack camps, dance halls, and chain gangs.
Chronology of the life of Sidney Robertson Cowell. From 1938 to 1940, while in her thirties, Sidney Robertson, ethnographer and collector of traditional American music, single-handedly organized and directed a California Work Projects Administration project designed to survey musical traditions in Northern California.
7 de set. de 2016 · Sidney Robertson Cowell might be starting to get the attention her rich life, first-rate writing, and astoundingly broad work as an ethnomusicologist deserve. Cowell (1903–1995) was a pioneering ethnomusicologist and folklorist.
Cowell, Sidney Robertson. The Recording of Folk Music in California. 1942. California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (American Memory) Biography. Born Sidney William Hawkins in San Francisco, California. She earned her B.A., Stanford University in Romance Languages and Philology.
5 de mar. de 2023 · The Radio 3 Documentary. Exploring different aspects of history, science, philosophy and the arts. 21:45. Rhiannon Giddens investigates the folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell.
