Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Fieldwork

Apprentices

Zither

Musical instruments

String instruments

German Americans

Music performance

Teaching of folklore

Musicians

Two proof sheets with 72 black and white images (plus negatives). The chorded zither, invented in the nineteenth century in Germany, is also called an autoharp. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1640

1991-05

Florida Folklife Program

Still Image

S1640

11

1

Photographic prints

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Belanger, Cheryl, 1946-

Groth, Charley, 1941-

Irish Americans

German American

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