Author: Scott B. Spencer
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810881551
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Much has been written about the songs gathered in North America in the first half of the 20th century. However, there is scant information on those individuals responsible for gathering these songs. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity fills this gap, documenting the efforts of those who transcribed and recorded North American folk songs. Both biographical and topical, this book chronicles not only the most influential of these "song catchers" but also examines the main schools of thought on the collection process, the leading proponents of those schools, and the projects that they shaped. Contributors also consider the role of technology--especially the phonograph--in the collection efforts. Chapters organized by region cover such areas as Appalachia, the West, and Canada, while others devoted to specialized topics from the cowboy tune and occupational song to the commercialization of folk music through song collections and anthologies. Ballad Collectors investigates the larger role of the ballad in the development of American identity, from the national appreciation of cowboy songs in popular culture to the use of Appalachian song forms in radio broadcasts to the role of dustbowl ballads in the urban folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, this collection assesses the changing role of songs and song texts in the academic fields of folklore, anthropology, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Scholars and students of American cultural and social history, as well as fans of North American folk and popular music, will find The Ballad Collectors of North America a fascinating story of how the American folk tradition gained greater visibility, fueling the revolutions that would follow in the writing and performance of American music.
The Ballad Collectors of North America
Author: Scott B. Spencer
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810881551
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Much has been written about the songs gathered in North America in the first half of the 20th century. However, there is scant information on those individuals responsible for gathering these songs. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity fills this gap, documenting the efforts of those who transcribed and recorded North American folk songs. Both biographical and topical, this book chronicles not only the most influential of these "song catchers" but also examines the main schools of thought on the collection process, the leading proponents of those schools, and the projects that they shaped. Contributors also consider the role of technology--especially the phonograph--in the collection efforts. Chapters organized by region cover such areas as Appalachia, the West, and Canada, while others devoted to specialized topics from the cowboy tune and occupational song to the commercialization of folk music through song collections and anthologies. Ballad Collectors investigates the larger role of the ballad in the development of American identity, from the national appreciation of cowboy songs in popular culture to the use of Appalachian song forms in radio broadcasts to the role of dustbowl ballads in the urban folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, this collection assesses the changing role of songs and song texts in the academic fields of folklore, anthropology, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Scholars and students of American cultural and social history, as well as fans of North American folk and popular music, will find The Ballad Collectors of North America a fascinating story of how the American folk tradition gained greater visibility, fueling the revolutions that would follow in the writing and performance of American music.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810881551
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Much has been written about the songs gathered in North America in the first half of the 20th century. However, there is scant information on those individuals responsible for gathering these songs. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity fills this gap, documenting the efforts of those who transcribed and recorded North American folk songs. Both biographical and topical, this book chronicles not only the most influential of these "song catchers" but also examines the main schools of thought on the collection process, the leading proponents of those schools, and the projects that they shaped. Contributors also consider the role of technology--especially the phonograph--in the collection efforts. Chapters organized by region cover such areas as Appalachia, the West, and Canada, while others devoted to specialized topics from the cowboy tune and occupational song to the commercialization of folk music through song collections and anthologies. Ballad Collectors investigates the larger role of the ballad in the development of American identity, from the national appreciation of cowboy songs in popular culture to the use of Appalachian song forms in radio broadcasts to the role of dustbowl ballads in the urban folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, this collection assesses the changing role of songs and song texts in the academic fields of folklore, anthropology, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Scholars and students of American cultural and social history, as well as fans of North American folk and popular music, will find The Ballad Collectors of North America a fascinating story of how the American folk tradition gained greater visibility, fueling the revolutions that would follow in the writing and performance of American music.
Publications of the Texas Folk-lore Society
Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Catalogue of the Entire Private Library of the Late Rev. Rufus W. Griswold ...
Author: Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Graham's Magazine
Author: George R. Graham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Texas and Southwestern Lore
Author: James Frank Dobie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This Volume Number 6 contains folklore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero; Tales and Rhymes of a Texas Household; Lore of the Llano Estacado; Names in the Old Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory; Nicknames in Texas Oil Fields; The Devil's Grotto; Myths of the Tejas Indians; Ballads and songs of the Frontier Folk; several essays on cowboys songs, etc.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This Volume Number 6 contains folklore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero; Tales and Rhymes of a Texas Household; Lore of the Llano Estacado; Names in the Old Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory; Nicknames in Texas Oil Fields; The Devil's Grotto; Myths of the Tejas Indians; Ballads and songs of the Frontier Folk; several essays on cowboys songs, etc.
Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion
Author: George R. Graham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Robert L. Stuart
Author: Robert Leighton Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Catalogue of the Engraved and Lithographed Work of John Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney
Author:
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Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Catalogue of the Private Library of Samuel Gardner Drake, A. M.
Author: Samuel G. Drake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description