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Homer Alvan Rodeheaver (1880-1955)
Photographer: Bain News Service via Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (PD)
Taken: Circa 1910/15
Caption: Homer Alvan Rodeheaver (1880-1955)
Additional Description: Although he learned mountain ballads while growing up in eastern Tennessee, he said he preferred African-American spirituals because they emphasized harmony and rhythm and had a "definite religious purpose."
Submitted: May 4, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p721274
File Size: 0.095 Megabytes

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