Minstrel of the Appalachians : the Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford.

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It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would ""cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song""--His Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress -- but he did much more than acquire songs. He preser...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Loyal, 1928-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©1984.
Temas:
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, > 1882-1973.
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, > 1882-1973
Folk singers > Appalachian Region, Southern > Biography.
Folk music > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk songs, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Chansons folkloriques anglaises > Appalaches (Sud)
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > General.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Band & Orchestra.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Folk music
Folk singers
Folk songs, English
Southern Appalachian Region
Biographies
Biographies.
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Sumario:It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would ""cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song""--His Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress -- but he did much more than acquire songs. He preserved and promoted the Appalachian mountain tradition for generations of people, founding in 1928 the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, an annual event that has shaped America's festival movement. Loyal Jones pens a lively biography of a man considered to be Appalachian music royalty. He al
Descripción Física:1 online resource (266 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813148823
0813148820

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