Federal Music Project

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
New Deal program
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director gptkb:Nikolai_Sokoloff
gptkbp:dissolved 1939
gptkbp:employs gptkb:musician
composers
conductors
music teachers
gptkbp:endDate 1939
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:United_States_federal_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Music Project
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableAction created music education programs
established orchestras
organized concerts
supported music research
gptkbp:notableEvent collected American folk music
created community music schools
produced radio broadcasts
published music research
sponsored thousands of concerts
supported African American musicians
supported immigrant musicians
supported music festivals
supported women musicians
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Aaron_Copland
gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Henry_Cowell
gptkb:John_Cage
gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Roy_Harris
gptkb:Charles_Seeger
gptkb:Nikolai_Sokoloff
gptkb:Ruth_Crawford_Seeger
gptkb:William_Grant_Still
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Federal_Project_Number_One
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
gptkbp:purpose promote music education
provide employment for musicians
support American composers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Federal_Art_Project
gptkb:Federal_Theatre_Project
gptkb:Federal_Writers'_Project
gptkb:Historical_Records_Survey
gptkbp:startDate 1935
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration_Music_Program
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3