Central Florida Music History Collection
Dublin Core
Title
Central Florida Music History Collection
Alternative Title
Music History Collection
Subject
Music--Florida
Orlando (Fla.)
Cassadaga (Fla.)
Hialeah (Fla.)
Maitland (Fla.)
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of music in Central Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Central Florida’s musical heritage is as rich as it is diverse, dating back to the Spanish settlers of the sixteenth century. Over the next 500 years, the region became a melting pot of Anglo-American folk and country music, African-American blues and jazz, Cuban and Latin music, traditional Native American music, gospel, rock, classical, pop, reggae, punk, metal, hip hop, and dance music. The cultural diversity of the people is reflected in the broad range of the music. Today, Central Florida is a hot spot for homegrown music and a popular stop for internationally touring artists.
Some of the most popular artists of the twentieth century called Florida home, including Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Jim Morrison, Gram Parsons, Sam Rivers, the Allman Brothers Band, Jimmy Buffett, Zora Neale Hurston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Vassar Clements, Gloria Estefan, Tom Petty, Johnny Tillotson, Shel Silverstein, Arturo Sandoval, and Mel Tillis. The musical landscape of Florida has played an integral role in defining Floridian culture.
Central Florida’s musical heritage is as rich as it is diverse, dating back to the Spanish settlers of the sixteenth century. Over the next 500 years, the region became a melting pot of Anglo-American folk and country music, African-American blues and jazz, Cuban and Latin music, traditional Native American music, gospel, rock, classical, pop, reggae, punk, metal, hip hop, and dance music. The cultural diversity of the people is reflected in the broad range of the music. Today, Central Florida is a hot spot for homegrown music and a popular stop for internationally touring artists.
Some of the most popular artists of the twentieth century called Florida home, including Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Jim Morrison, Gram Parsons, Sam Rivers, the Allman Brothers Band, Jimmy Buffett, Zora Neale Hurston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Vassar Clements, Gloria Estefan, Tom Petty, Johnny Tillotson, Shel Silverstein, Arturo Sandoval, and Mel Tillis. The musical landscape of Florida has played an integral role in defining Floridian culture.
Contributor
Knickerbocker, Carl
Has Part
Blues Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Classical Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Collection, Classical Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Folk Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Hip Hop Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Jazz Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Rock Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cassadaga, Florida
Hialeah, Florida
Maitland, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
External Reference
Housewright, Wiley L. An Anthology of Music in Early Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999.
Housewright, Wiley L. A History of Music & Dance in Florida, 1565-1865. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1991.
DeVane, Dwight, et al. Drop on down in Florida: field recordings of African American traditional music 1977-1980. 2012.
McLean, Will. Florida Sand: Original Folk Songs of Florida. Tallahassee: [The Author], 1964.
Collection Items
WUCF Artisodes: Universal Language
In this edition of WUCF Artisodes, entertainer Michael Feinstein serves as a mentor to new singers through the Songbook Academy. University of Central Florida student Nick Drivas not only got to experience the Academy, but also the experience of a…
WUCF Artisodes #175: The Power and Passion of Music
This edition of WUCF Artisodes highlights a Central Florida singer with a passion for opera, a Grammy-winning ukulele player who loves music for more than beautiful sounds, Student Artist of the Week, Santiago Escobar, and an exhibition on The…
WUCF Artisodes: Music at Large
In this edition of WUCF Artisodes, a Central Florida couple open their home for a concert, bringing together folk musicians and fans, an upstate New York barbershop doubles as a hair salon by day and a music lounge by night, Student Artist of the…
WUCF Artisodes Short: Mr. Richard
For many parents in Orlando, Florida, Richard Peeples, also known as Mr. Richard, is a big-time musical talent, thanks to his popularity with their children. Peeples and his band, the Pound Hounds, entertain children with what he describes as…
WUCF Artisodes Short: Medical Students & Art
In the hopes of lifting patients' spirits, students from the University of Central Florida's (UCF) College of Medicine have brought music into the hospital. Their therapeutic performances have had a positive impact on patients at Nemours Children's…
WUCF Artisodes Short: Matt Saunders
Musician and producer Matt Saunders studies Irish music and dance at the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland. Saunders combines traditional Celtic music with electronic dance music, playing the Irish flute and composing dance beats.WUCF-TV is…
WUCF Artisodes Short: Benoit Glazer
Conductor, multi-instrumentalist, composer, designer, and educator Benoit Glazer, believes art and music belong to everyone. When he isn't conducting Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba, he runs Timucua, which is an in-home concert series that is free to the…
WUCF Artisodes Short: Joe Muni
When he comes home from his job as a roofer, Joe Muni of New Smyrna Beach crafts custom guitars using recycled wood. Every guitar is unique and many contain portraits within the body. Customers can either select from wood collected by Muni or bring…
Collection Tree
- Central Florida Music History Collection