English Professor Helps Choose Library of Congress Recordings
March 7, 2007
Burt Feintuch, director of the Center for the Humanities and professor
of English, was among those who selected this year’s sound recordings
for inclusion in the National Recording Registry. The 25 sound recordings
were deemed historically, culturally, or aesthetically significant. The
new additions to the registry, which span the years 1904-1986, honor a
wide variety of outstanding spoken and musical recordings. Among the selections
are Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legendary address to Congress after the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; civil rights milestones, including Pete
Seeger’s 1963 Carnegie Hall concert and Sam Cooke’s beautifully
haunting song lamenting the lack of racial progress; Paul Simon’s
album “Graceland,” which introduced the South African musical
group Ladysmith Black Mambazo to the nation; the quintessential rock ‘n ‘roll
classic by The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”;
and notable performances by a pantheon of significant artists, including
Jelly Roll Morton, The Carter Family, Bob Marley, Artur Rubinstein, Cole
Porter, Eubie Blake and Sarah Vaughan. Feintuch is a board member of the
Library of Congress's National Recording Preservation Board.
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