Country Dance & Song Society News

Country Dance & Song Society News PDF Author:
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Category : Country dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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The Playford Assembly

The Playford Assembly PDF Author: Graham Christian
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ISBN: 9780917024429
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Languages : en
Pages : 174

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The Playford Ball

The Playford Ball PDF Author: Kate Van Winkle Keller
Publisher: A Cappella Books (IL)
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Country Dance & Song Society News

Country Dance & Song Society News PDF Author:
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Category : Country dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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City Folk

City Folk PDF Author: Daniel J. Walkowitz
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479890359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps. In City Folk, Daniel J. Walkowitz argues that the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the ‘old left.’ He situates folk dancing within surprisingly diverse contexts, from progressive era reform, and playground and school movements, to the changes in consumer culture, and the project of a modernizing, cosmopolitan middle class society. Tracing the spread of folk dancing, with particular emphases on English Country Dance, International Folk Dance, and Contra, Walkowitz connects the history of folk dance to social and international political influences in America. Through archival research, oral histories, and ethnography of dance communities, City Folk allows dancers and dancing bodies to speak. From the norms of the first half of the century, marked strongly by Anglo-Saxon traditions, to the Cold War nationalism of the post-war era, and finally on to the counterculture movements of the 1970s, City Folk injects the riveting history of folk dance in the middle of the story of modern America.

Folklife Center News

Folklife Center News PDF Author:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Folklife Center News

Folklife Center News PDF Author: American Folklife Center
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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North American Fiddle Music

North American Fiddle Music PDF Author: Drew Beisswenger
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135847223
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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North American Fiddle Music: A Research and Information Guide is the first large-scale annotated bibliography and research guide on the fiddle traditions of the United States and Canada. These countries, both of which have large immigrant populations as well as Native populations, have maintained fiddle traditions that, while sometimes faithful to old-world or Native styles, often feature blended elements from various traditions. Therefore, researchers of the fiddle traditions in these two countries can not only explore elements of fiddling practices drawn from various regions of the world, but also look at how different fiddle traditions can interact and change. In addition to including short essays and listings of resources about the full range of fiddle traditions in those two countries, it also discusses selected resources about fiddle traditions in other countries that have influenced the traditions in the United States and Canada.

E.F.D.S. News

E.F.D.S. News PDF Author:
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Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Journal of the Folk-Song Society

Journal of the Folk-Song Society PDF Author: Folk-Song Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Folk songs
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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List of members in each volume.

Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing

Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing PDF Author: John G. Gibson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773550615
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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The step-dancing of the Scotch Gaels in Nova Scotia is the last living example of a form of dance that waned following the great emigrations to Canada that ended in 1845. The Scotch Gael has been reported as loving dance, but step-dancing in Scotland had all but disappeared by 1945. One must look to Gaelic Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Antigonish County, to find this tradition. Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing, the first study of its kind, gives this art form and the people and culture associated with it the prominence they have long deserved. Gaelic Scotland’s cultural record is by and large pre-literate, and references to dance have had to be sought in Gaelic songs, many of which were transcribed on paper by those who knew their culture might be lost with the decline of their language. The improved Scottish culture depended proudly on the teaching of dancing and the literate learning and transmission of music in accompaniment. Relying on fieldwork in Nova Scotia, and on mentions of dance in Gaelic song and verse in Scotland and Nova Scotia, John Gibson traces the historical roots of step-dancing, particularly the older forms of dancing originating in the Gaelic–speaking Scottish Highlands. He also places the current tradition as a development and part of the much larger British and European percussive dance tradition. With insight collected through written sources, tales, songs, manuscripts, book references, interviews, and conversations, Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing brings an important aspect of Gaelic history to the forefront of cultural debate.