Overview
Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society is a collection of ballads and folk-songs from West Virginia. First published in 1925, this resource includes narrative and lyric songs that were transmitted orally, as well as popular songs from print sources. Through 186 ballads and songs and 26 folk tunes, this collection archives a range of styles and genres, from English and Scottish ballads to songs about the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the opening of the American West and boat and railroad transportation. It includes children’s play-party and dance music, songs from African American singers, and post–Civil War popular music. The original introduction by Cox contains vibrant portraits of the singers he researched, with descriptions of performance style and details about personalities and attitudes. With an introduction by Alan Jabbour, this edition renews the importance of this text as a piece of scholarship, revealing Cox’s understanding of the workings of tradition across time and place and his influence upon folk-song research.
Full Product Details
Author: John Harrington Cox ,
Alan Jabbour
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Imprint: West Virginia University Press
Volume: 4
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 4.30cm
, Length: 20.80cm
Weight: 0.905kg
ISBN: 9781943665143
ISBN 10: 1943665141
Pages: 660
Publication Date: 01 January 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
John Harrington Cox (1863–1945) was a pioneer in American folk song scholarship. In 1913, he began collecting folk songs, and within two years he presided over the founding of the West Virginia Folklore Society, serving as its first president, archivist, and editor. By 1925 he published Folk-Songs of the South, the first major collection of American folk songs by an American editor, and he continued to collect folk songs for archive and publication until his death. Alan Jabbour is a folklorist and folk music specialist. His work with fiddler Henry Reed and other fiddlers has made the older repertory of West Virginia fiddle tunes loom large in the contemporary instrumental folk music revival. The Library of Congress has published a website featuring his entire Henry Reed Collection. His work with the Hammons Family in Pocahontas County, WV, has resulted in several publications about this family’s contributions to the reservoir of folksong, folk music, and folklore.
