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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790844003321

Titolo

The Pete Seeger reader / / edited by Ronald D. Cohen and James Capaldi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-933612-1

0-19-986202-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Readers on American musicians

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenRonald D. <1940-2022.>

CapaldiJames

Disciplina

782.42162/130092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Background -- part II. The early years -- part III. The 1950s -- part IV. The 1960s -- part V. The 1970s and after.

Sommario/riassunto

Perhaps the most widely recognized figure in folk music and one of the most well-known figures in American political activism, Pete Seeger now belongs among the icons of 20th-century American culture. The road to his current status as activist and respected voice of folk music was long and often rough, starting from the moment he dropped out of Harvard in the late 1930s and picked up a banjo. Editors Ronald Cohen and James Capaldi trace Seeger's long and storied career, focusing on his work as not only a singer, but also on his substantial contributions as an educator, songwriter, organizer, p