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Folksongs of another America : field recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946
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Folksongs of another America : field recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 / James P. Leary.
ISBN
9780299301507
0299301508
Publication
Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press ; Atlanta, Georgia : Dust-to-Digital, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
xxi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 5 audio discs (4 3/4 in) + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in).
Notes
Consists of multimedia boxed set with 1 cloth book, 5 music CDs, and 1 documentary DVD.
"Each track begins with basic information: track number, title, performer/speaker, instrumentation, recordist/collector, recording location and date, transcriber/translator/annotator, and disc number in the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture), part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress"--Introduction.
Summary
"Available here for the first time is the remarkably diverse folk music of America's Upper Midwest, captured in field recordings by collectors for the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1946. This landmark multimedia work challenges and considerably broadens popular and scholarly understanding of folk music in American culture. Although Eastern, Southern, and Western musical traditions are familiar to fans of American roots music, the restored images and performances of Folksongs of Another America weave the songs and spirit of the Upper Midwest's peoples into the nation's folksong fabric. - 187 songs and tunes, digitally restored - Songs in more than 25 languages, with full original lyrics and English translations - More than 200 performers, with biographical notes and many photographs"--Publisher description.
Format
Audio / Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 12, 2015
Series
Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Folksongs of Another America : An Introduction
Pigtown Fling : The Sidney Robertson Recordings
The River in the Pines : The Wisconsin Lumberjack Recordings
Harps and Accordions : The Alan Lomax Recordings
Alan Lomax Goes North : "The Most Fertile Source"
When the Dance Is Over : The Helene Stratman-Thomas Recordings, Part One
My Father Was a Dutchman : The Helene Stratman-Thomas Recordings, Part Two.
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