gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_agency
New Deal program
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Nikolai_Sokoloff
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1939
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gptkbp:employs
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gptkb:musician
composers
conductors
music teachers
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gptkbp:endDate
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1939
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:United_States_federal_government
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Federal Music Project
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:notableAction
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created music education programs
established orchestras
organized concerts
supported music research
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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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
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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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
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Federal_Project_Number_One
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:purpose
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promote music education
provide employment for musicians
support American composers
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Federal_Art_Project
gptkb:Federal_Theatre_Project
gptkb:Federal_Writers'_Project
gptkb:Historical_Records_Survey
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gptkbp:startDate
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1935
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration_Music_Program
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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