Hear My Sad Story : The True Tales That Inspired "Stagolee," "John Henry," and Other Traditional American Folk Songs /

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"In Hear My Sad Story, Richard Polenberg describes the historical events that led to the writing of many famous American folk songs that served as touchstones for generations of American musicians, lyricists, and folklorists. Those events, which took place from the early nineteenth to the mid-t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Polenberg, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Folk songs, English.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Folk songs, English > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The streets of Laredo
  • St. Louis
  • St. Louis blues
  • Duncan and Brady
  • Stagolee
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Lying cold on the ground
  • Omie wise
  • The ballad of Frankie Silver
  • Tom Dooley
  • Poor Ellen Smith
  • Pearl Bryan
  • Delia's gone
  • Bold highwaymen
  • Cole Younger
  • Jesse James
  • John Hardy
  • Railroad Bill
  • Betty and Dupree
  • Railroads
  • John Henry (1870s)
  • Engine 143
  • Casey Jones
  • Wreck of the old 97
  • Workers
  • Cotton mill blues (1930s)
  • Chain gang blues (1930s)
  • Only a miner (1930s)
  • House of the rising sun (1930s)
  • Disasters
  • The Titanic
  • The boll weevil (1920s)
  • Martyrs
  • Joe Hill
  • Sacco and Vanzetti
  • Epilogue: Hear my sad story.

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