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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
363

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Alan Lomax, selected writings 1934-1997
2005, Routledge
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Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997
March 1, 2003, Routledge
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Table of Contents

1: 1934-1950: The early collecting years
"Sinful" songs of the southern Negro
Haitian journey
Music in your own back yard
Songs of the American folk
Preface: Our singing country
14 traditional Spanish songs from Texas
Reels and work songs
Mister Ledford and the TVA
American sings the saga of America
Folk music in the Roosevelt era
2: The 1950s: World music
Tribal voices in many tongues
Making folklore available
Galician music
Italian folk music
The folk song of Italy
Folk song style: notes on a systematic approach to the study of folk song
Skittle: why is it so popular? and where is it going?
Folk song style
Saga of a folksong hunter
3: The folk revival (1960s)
The "folkniks"-and the songs they sing
Leadbelly's songs
Bluegrass background: folk music with overdrive
Getting to know folk music
Folk song traditions are all around us
The good and the beautiful in folksong
4: Cantometrics and cultural equity: the academic years
Song structure and social structure
Choreometrics: a method for the study of cross-cultural pattern in film
Appeal for cultural equity
Cinema, science, and cultural renewal
5: Final writings
The global jukebox
Preface to the 1993 edition of Mr. Jelly roll
Sounds of the south
Brown girl in the ring
Introduction to Katharine D. Newman, Never without a song: the years and songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952.
Accompanying compact disc: compilation copyright and published in 2003 by Rounder Records Corp. CD contains 11 tracks with radio excerpts and programs, Alan Lomax commentaries and interviews, and various Lomax field recordings. Comments on early days of collecting
God down Old Hannah
"Poor farmer" (story and song)
Excerpt from "Mr. Ledford and the TVA" radio program
Excerpt from "Your ballad man" radio program
Comments on Spanish singing style
Cantar de Verndimia (grape trampling song)
Comments on the "Tralalero" singers of Genoa, Italy
La Partenza
"Sing Christmas" introduction
Mary & Martha is bound to wear the crown-o.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-351) and index.

"Alan Lomax bibliography": p. 345-347.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.62/00973
Library of Congress
ML3551 .L65 2005, ML3531

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 363 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
363

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OL18396455M
ISBN 10
0415938554
LCCN
2005042879
OCLC/WorldCat
57730769, 1100116917
Goodreads
275633

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