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| Named Person: | Alan Lomax; Alan Lomax |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Music |
| Document Type: | Book, Sound Recording |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Lomax; Ronald D Cohen |
| ISBN: | 0415938546 9780415938549 0415938554 9780415938556 |
| OCLC Number: | 50844182 |
| Description: | x, 363 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents: | CD: Comments on early days of collecting (1:16) -- Go down old Hannah (2:38) -- "Poor farmer" (story and song) (2:18) -- Excerpt from "Mr. Ledford and the TVA" radio program (5:44) -- Excerpt from "Your ballad man" radio program (1:26) -- Comments on Spanish singing style (1:09) -- Cantar de Vendimia (grape trampling song) (2:24) -- Comments on the "Tralalero" singers of Genoa, Italy (0:17) -- La partenza (2:39) -- "Sing Christmas" introduction (1:07) -- Mary & Martha is bound to wear the crown-o (1:44) |
| Other Titles: | Selections. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Ronald D. Cohen ; with introductory essays by Gage Averill, Matthew Barton, Ronald D. Cohen, Ed Kahn, and Andrew L. Kaye. |
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Few researchers have defined a field of study so decisively as the Lomaxes did American folk music during the early 20th century. It is difficult to imagine a grander cultural legacy than the one [Lomax] left behind. Many scholars have speculated on cultural memory; Alan Lomax lived it. Read more...
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- Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
- Lomax, Alan, -- 1915-2002.
- Musique folklorique -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique.
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