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The ballad collectors of North America : how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity / edited by Scott B. Spencer. - Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (vii, 237 pages) - American folk music and musicians series ; no. 15 . - American folk music and musicians ; no. 15. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ballad collecting : impetus and impact / Scott B. Spencer -- Franz Boas, the phonograph, and the Columbia School / Erika Brady -- Ballad collectors in the Ozarks / Norm Cohen -- Songcatchers in the West : cowboy songs ; Songcatchers in the West, other traditions / Guy Logsdon -- Folk song collectors in the Midwest / James P. Leary -- Ballad collectors in the Northeast / Nancy-Jean Ballard Seigel -- Four songcatchers in eastern Canada / Sheldon Posen -- The Lomaxes / Matt Barton -- Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul Stamler -- Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner -- Commodification and revival / Paul Stamler.

Both biographical and topical, The Ballad Collectors of North America chronicles those individuals most influential in the gathering of North American folksongs and investigates the two leading schools of thought regarding the collection process, the le.


English.

ISBN: 9780810881563 (electronic bk.) 081088156X (electronic bk.) 1283362139 9781283362139 9786613362131 6613362131 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)

LCCN: 2021698136

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Folk music--Collectors and collecting--United States.
Ballads, English--History and criticism.--United States
Folk music--History and criticism.--United States
Musique folklorique--Histoire et critique.--États-Unis
MUSIC--Printed Music--General.
Ballads, English.
Folk music.
Folk music--Collectors and collecting.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML3551 / .B18 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.42162/1300922