Jane Hicks Gentry : A Singer Among Singers

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""Winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians Award Jane Hicks Gentry lived her entire life in the remote, mountainous northwest corner of North Carolina and was descended from old Appalachian families in which singing and storytelling were part of everyday life. Gentry took this tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Betty N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gentry, Jane Hicks, > 1863-1925
Gentry, Jane Hicks, > 1863-1925.
Jack tales.
Folk songs, English.
Folk singers.
Folk music.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Contes de Jack > Appalaches (Sud)
Chansons folkloriques anglaises > Appalaches (Sud)
Jack tales > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk songs, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk music > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk singers > Appalachian Region, Southern > Biography.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:""Winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians Award Jane Hicks Gentry lived her entire life in the remote, mountainous northwest corner of North Carolina and was descended from old Appalachian families in which singing and storytelling were part of everyday life. Gentry took this tradition to heart, and her legacy includes ballads, songs, stories, and riddles. Smith provides a full biography of this vibrant woman and the tradition into which she was born, presenting seventy of Gentry's songs and fifteen of the ""Jack"" tales she learned from her grandfather. When Englishman Cecil Sharp.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780813148359

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