David French Carpenter, born June 7, 1899, in Clay County, West Virginia[1] died May 22, 1965, was a noted West Virginia mountaineer old-time fiddle player.[2][3] He is listed by the Library of Congress as a musician on two sound recordings: Elzics Farewell, Kanawha, 1976; and Old-time music from Clay County, West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, Folk Promotions, 1964.[4]
French Carpenter | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 7, 1899 Clay County, West Virginia US |
| Died | May 22, 1965 (aged 65) |
| Genres | Old time |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Fiddle |
References
edit- ^ This birth date is the one given in his WWI Draft Registration Card, the Social Security Death Index, and the 1900 federal census; an article in The West Virginia Encyclopedia (Ken Sullivan, ed., The West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, W.Va., 2006, p. 114) gives his birth date as June 7, 1905.
- ^ Michael Kline: "French Carpenter" in The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Ken Sullivan, ed., The West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, W.Va., 2006, p. 114.
- ^ Gerald Milnes: "The Carpenter Legacy" in Play of a Fiddle, Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1999, pp. 35–44.
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog search for "French Carpenter", http://catalog.loc.gov/, January 27, 2011.