The ballad collectors of North America : how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity / edited by Scott B. Spencer.

Contributor(s):

Spencer, Scott B, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: American folk music and musicians ; no. 15.Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 237 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780810881563
081088156X
1283362139
9781283362139
9786613362131
6613362131

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ballad collectors of North America.DDC classification:

782.42162/1300922 23

LOC classification:

ML3551 .B18 2012eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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