WPA Federal Music Project presents songs and piano music everybody should know Free t – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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WPA Federal Music Project presents songs and piano music everybody should know Free t comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few posters from the Depression years advertise music as a public good, but this 1936 silkscreen does just that, promising free songs and piano music that "everybody should know" in New York. The Federal Music Project was one branch of the Works Progress Administration, which put unemployed musicians to work performing and teaching for audiences who could rarely afford concert tickets. Posters like this one were made by the WPA's Federal Art Project poster units, which used silkscreen because it was cheap, quick, and easy to reproduce in bold flat color. Its plain, direct wording reflects the program's aim of making music accessible to ordinary working people.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 243 · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Music--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Music education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 997 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 537_WPA_Federal_Music_Proje_1936 |
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