Tonight at the IU East Campus Library the public is invited to an open house, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., in honor of the new release of 300 digital recordings from the nationally known Gennett Record label.
Starr-Gennett Foundation
In a press release executive director Terri Hardy said “Making the history of Gennett Records available to everyone is very significant to preserve our heritage. The record company launched stars such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Gene Autry…,” and made regional and ethnic music universally popular all over the world.
Terri also expressed thanks to the Indiana University Archive of Traditional Music and IU East for their support in this project which has “been in the works since 2003.
David Fulton, treasurer of the Starr-Gennett Foundation Board shared, “the purpose of this whole project was to preserve the historic music recorded by Gennett Records…all the the recordings from the late 1900’s to the late 1920’s were recorded with various technologies..” requiring special equipment sometimes to listen to the music.
Now, through digital recordings, the music is available to the public, continued David Fulton.
The Open House tonight is a celebration of the collaboration of I U East and Starr Gennett along with the Indiana University Archive of Traditional Music, bringing musical history accessable to the public.
For more information you can contact the Starr-Gennett Foundation or the IU East Campus Library.
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