TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spencer,Scott B.
TI  - The ballad collectors of North America: how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity 
T2  - American folk music and musicians series
SN  - 9780810881563
AV  - ML3551 .B18 2012eb
U1  - 782.42162/1300922 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Scarecrow Press
KW  - Folk music
KW  - Collectors and collecting
KW  - United States
KW  - Ballads, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Musique folklorique
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - MUSIC
KW  - Printed Music
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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