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Author: David Dicaire
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9780786444311
ISBN 10: 0786444312
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 15 April 2010
Recommended Age: From 18 years
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction Part One. Historical Figures Thomas D’Urfey (1653–1723), English Folk Comic Turlough O’Carolan (1670–1738), The Gaelic Harpist Denis O’Hampsey (1695–1807), Harp Magic Niel Gow (1727–1807), Scottish Fiddle Dance Master Edward Bunting (1773–1843), The Transcriber Targjei Augundsson (1801 –1872), Father of Norwegian Folk Ostap Veresai (1803–1899), Ukrainian Minstrel Francis J. Child (1825–1896), The Collector Cecil Sharp (1859–1924), Folklore Revivalist Part Two. American Pioneers Stephen Foster (1826–1864), Father of American Folk Music John A. Lomax (1867–1948), The Ballad Hunter Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882–1973), Minstrel of the Appalachians Charles Seeger (1886–1979), American Musicologist Aunt Molly Jackson (1880–1960), Pistol Packing Mama Helen Flanders (1890–1972), The Vermont Songcatcher John Jacob Niles (1892–1980), Dean of American Balladeers Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987), The Fingerpicker Clarence Ashley (1895–1967), The Blue Ridge Entertainer Dock Boggs (1898–1971), Primeval Hillbilly Folk Buell Kazee (1900–1976), Lonesome Balladeer Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 –1953), Folk Music Matriarch Part Three. Political Connections Joe Hill (1879–1915), The Initiator Burl Ives (1909–1995), The Wayfarin’ Stranger Earl Robinson (1910–1991), Ballad for Americans Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), Bound for Glory Lee Hays (1914–1981), Lonesome Traveler Josh White (1914–1969), Folk-Blues Protest Cisco Houston (1918–1961), The Pure Voice Joe Glazer (1918–2006), Labor’s Troubadour Pete Seeger (1919–), Twentieth Century Folk Man Fred Hellerman (1927–), The Little Cowboy Part Four. Folk Around the World Béla Bartók (1881 –1945), The Hungarian Ethnomusicologist Udi Hrant Kenkulian (1901 –1978), The Oud Master Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), Modern Argentine Folk King Luiz Gonzaga (1912–1989), Forró Folk Edith Fowke (1913–1996), Canadian Folklorist Vassilis Tsitsanis (1915–1984), Urban Greek Folkie Amália Rodrigues (1920–1999), Voice of Portugal Buddy MacMaster (1924–), Dean of Cape Breton Fiddlers Hamza El Din (1929–2006), Nubian Folk Master Severino Dias De Oliveira (1930–2006), Sivuca Part Five. The Pre–Folk Boom Era Hobart Smith (1897–1965), Blue Ridge Legacy Moses Asch (1905–1986), Folkways Founder A.L. Lloyd (1908–1982), Father of English Folk Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913–1991), Renaissance Man Alan Lomax (1915–2002), Folksong Revivalist Ewan MacColl (1915–1989), English Folk Revivalist Oscar Brand (1920–), The Can-Am Folklorist Jean Ritchie (1922–), The Mother of Folk Harry Smith (1923–1991), The Anthologist Bibliography Index
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an ideal book for undergraduates researching folk music giants and musicians for quick information for reports...a welcome addition --<i>Reference Reviews</i>.
an ideal book for undergraduates researching folk music giants and musicians for quick information for reports...a welcome addition --Reference Reviews.
“an ideal book for undergraduates researching folk music giants and musicians for quick information for reports...a welcome addition”—Reference Reviews.
Author Information
David Dicaire is the author of numerous works about music history. He lives in Leamington, Ontario, Canada.
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