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Spottswood’s Ethnic Music on Records, Des Foldes presence at Victor would appear sporadic, somewhat elusive ... until now. Using documents and recordings from both sides of the Atlantic, this presentation will include a rough outline of Des Foldes' time at Victor, his likely development of A \u0026amp; R, his writing and collaborating on various Slavic comic sketches, and his field recording trips to Eastern Europe and the Caribbean; and will address changes in and the marketing of musical tastes during his time at Victor in New York, ending at the start of the Second World War. The Michael Tokarick sketches, generally a mixture of English and Slovak, focus on immigrant life in America, married life, prohibition, and gypsies. It is expected that written documentation towards a fuller story of Des Foldes' work resides in the business files at RCA. By this ARSC presentation, which will include musical examples, the author hopes that others will pursue the fuller story of how A \u0026amp; R developed at Victor during the Des Foldes years."]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["Copyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}}],"summary":{"en":["Dan Des Foldes assumed directorship of Victor Records Foreign Department in New York at the same time as the dawn of electrical recording. Along with colleagues Tetos Demetriades and Alfredo Cibelli, Des Foldes left his particular mark on Victor's A \u0026amp; R (artists and repertoire) during the mid- and late-1920s and the early 1930s. From the minimal indications in Richard K. Spottswood’s Ethnic Music on Records, Des Foldes presence at Victor would appear sporadic, somewhat elusive ... until now. Using documents and recordings from both sides of the Atlantic, this presentation will include a rough outline of Des Foldes' time at Victor, his likely development of A \u0026amp; R, his writing and collaborating on various Slavic comic sketches, and his field recording trips to Eastern Europe and the Caribbean; and will address changes in and the marketing of musical tastes during his time at Victor in New York, ending at the start of the Second World War. The Michael Tokarick sketches, generally a mixture of English and Slovak, focus on immigrant life in America, married life, prohibition, and gypsies. It is expected that written documentation towards a fuller story of Des Foldes' work resides in the business files at RCA. 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