Discovering folk music /

From Indigenous music to Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen singing ÒThis Land Is Your LandÓ side-by-side at the pre-inaugural concert for our first African American presidentÑfolk music has been at the center of AmericaÕs history. Thomas Jefferson wooed his bride-to-be with fiddle playing. Steph...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ledgin, Stephanie P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Folk music > United States > History and criticism.
Folk songs > United States > History and criticism.
Musique folklorique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Chansons folkloriques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC.
Folk music
Folk songs
United States
USA
dissertations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Folk Music?; Chapter 1 What Is Folk Music? Beyond "Kumbaya"; Chapter 2 American Folk Music: A Cultural Mosaic; Chapter 3 Folk Revival: 50 Years On; Chapter 4 No Boundaries: New Folk to Anti-Folk; Chapter 5 The Power of Song; Chapter 6 Guitars, Harmonicas, and Banjos ... Oh, My!; Photo Section; Chapter 7 Folk: Family-Friendly; Chapter 8 Folk Alive! Front Porches to Festivals; Chapter 9 Bridging Folk: Tom Paxton to the Abrams Brothers; Chapter 10 A Living Tradition: The Times They Keep A-Changin'

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