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Jennifer Post's book is a quite successful attempt to put songs and instrumental music into the context of everyday life in rural communities in northern New England. It examines music's environments, music in its native habitat...This is a commendable book, one that advances our knowledge of community culture in northern New England. --The New England Quarterly A rich and thought-provoking volume. --Vermont History Most interesting is the comparison of men's and women's musical memories, performance spaces, and styles... Essential. --Choice A milestone in the literature on American's far northeastern corner. Addressing the need for a historical overview of the region's vernacular music and dance traditions, Post deftly applies ethnographic rigor to the telling of a story whose details offer insightful commentary on a familiar premise: continuity and change. --Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association

A milestone in the literature on American's far northeastern corner. Addressing the need for a historical overview of the region's vernacular music and dance traditions, Post deftly applies ethnographic rigor to the telling of a story whose details offer insightful commentary on a familiar premise: continuity and change. --Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association A rich and thought-provoking volume. --Vermont History Most interesting is the comparison of men's and women's musical memories, performance spaces, and styles... Essential. --Choice Jennifer Post's book is a quite successful attempt to put songs and instrumental music into the context of everyday life in rural communities in northern New England. It examines music's environments, music in its native habitat...This is a commendable book, one that advances our knowledge of community culture in northern New England. --The New England Quarterly

A milestone in the literature on American's far northeastern corner. Addressing the need for a historical overview of the region's vernacular music and dance traditions, Post deftly applies ethnographic rigor to the telling of a story whose details offer insightful commentary on a familiar premise: continuity and change. --Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association

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