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Folk music and modern sound /

The essays in this collection range from the impact of technology on the British folksong revival to regional characteristics of early rock and roll in New Orleans. Attention is given to the blues, Sacred Harp singing, ethnic music, both black and white gospel, country music, and the polka. Other es...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ferris, William R. (Editor ), Hart, Mary L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1982.
Colección:Center for the Study of Southern Culture series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The essays in this collection range from the impact of technology on the British folksong revival to regional characteristics of early rock and roll in New Orleans. Attention is given to the blues, Sacred Harp singing, ethnic music, both black and white gospel, country music, and the polka. Other essays consider the relationship of music from the Yiddish-American theater with that of Broadway, the wide influence and commercialization of black music in today's popular music, myths about early black music, and Charles Ives as folk hero. Contributors include Amiri Baraka, Doris J. Dyen, Dena J.E.
Notas:Based on lectures presented at a conference at the University of Mississippi, Apr. 17-19, 1980.
Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : music
ISBN:9781617030994
1617030996
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9781283031189
9786613031181
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