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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787381303321

Autore

Jones Loyal <1928->

Titolo

Minstrel of the Appalachians : the story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford / / Loyal Jones ; music transcribed by John M. Forbes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2002

©1984

ISBN

0-8131-8424-X

0-8131-4882-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

784.4/924

Soggetti

Folk singers - Appalachian Region, Southern

Folk music - Appalachian Region, Southern

Folk songs, English - Appalachian Region, Southern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A compilation of Lunsford's music" (unacc. or melodies with chord symbols): p. [191]-249.

Originally published: Boone, N.C. : Appalachian Consortium Press, c1984. With new introd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Mountain Bred; 2. Personal and Vocational Ventures; 3. The Real Calling; 4. Fulfillment; 5. Mostly Personal; 6. Bouquets and Arrows; Bibliography; Appendices; A Lunsford Sampler

Sommario/riassunto

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