Jerry Bryant performing at the Sea Music Festival 2009
Genre
Maritime music
Dates
June
Location(s)
Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut
Years active
1979-present
Founders
Dr. Stuart M. Frank
The Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival, held annually in June from 1979 to 2020 at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, was among the oldest, and was the largest sea music festival in the United States. It reportedly attracted "the highest caliber of sea music performers, scholars, and fans."[1] The Festival was first organized by Dr. Stuart M. Frank as a place to perform and hear sea music as well as a symposium for ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and historians.[2]
^Carr, James Revell (2009). "New Sea Chantey Compilations On Compact Disc". Journal of American Folklore. 122 (2): 197–210. doi:10.1353/jaf.0.0085. JSTOR 20487677. S2CID 161713061. Gale A195428060 Project MUSE 261033 ProQuest 198457432.
^"Sea Music Festival Comes of Age". Mystic Seaport Magazine. Summer 2009.
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