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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Auteur principal: Jones, Loyal, 1928-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1984.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, > 1882-1973.
Folk songs, English.
Folk singers.
Folk music.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Band & Orchestra.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > General.
Chansons folkloriques anglaises > Appalaches (Sud)
Folk songs, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk music > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk singers > Appalachian Region, Southern > Biography.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780813148823

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