Title
- Greenwood Guides To American Roots Music, 1551-0271
Attribution
Norm CohenPublication Details
BookGreenwood Press2005Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML3551 .C56 2005 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
Chapters on folk song types, folk instrumentation, and the urban folk revival set further context to the discussion, and an itemized summary of noted folksong collections serves as an additional tool for both general readers and folk music scholars. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Notes
- "Folk music scholar Norm Cohen presents a thorough exploration of the many ways in which folk music genres and sub-genres have arisen in different regions of America. Chapters on folk song types, folk instrumentation, and the urban folk revival set further context to the discussion, and an itemized summary of noted folksong collections serves as an additional tool for both general readers and folk music scholars."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- 1. Types of American folk music : ballads and songs
- 2. Instruments and musical aspects
- 3. Folk music of the Northeast
- 4. Folk music of the Southeast
- 5. Folk music of the Midwest and Great Lakes region
- 6. Folk music of the Far West
- 7. Urban centers and folk music - - App. Plot synopses of traditional ballads most commonly found in the United States and Canada
ISBN
- 0313328722
- 9780313328725
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