UNESCO Activities Related to Folklore [Part 2]
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Sep 4, 2018
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Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo
Abstract
In 1951, UNESCO offered to member states the possibility of requesting fellowships for research in the field of folk music. Canada was the only country interested, and Mrs. Margaret McTaggart was awarded a fellowship to travel in the United States and the United Kingdom; she studied and recorded, for the National Museum of Canada, Indian music and English songs