Richard Dyer-Bennet [[electronic resource] ] : the last minstrel / / Paul O. Jenkins ; foreword by Bonnie Dyer-Bennet ; afterword by Andrew Schulman

• Autore: Jenkins Paul O
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.42162/0092; B
• Soggetto topico: Folk singers - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes discography (p. 137-142), bibliographical references (p. 157-171), and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. Master and Pupil; CHAPTER 2. New York; CHAPTER 3. Early Recordings; CHAPTER 4. Aspen Interlude and Life on the Road; CHAPTER 5. The Blacklist; CHAPTER 6. Dyer-Bennet Records; CHAPTER 7. The Lovely Milleress and Stony Brook; CHAPTER 8. The Odyssey of Richard Dyer-Bennet; CHAPTER 9. The Legacy of Richard Dyer-Bennet; AFTERWORD: Richard Dyer-Bennet as Guitarist; DISCOGRAPHY; REPERTOIRE; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In the 1940's and '50's, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for the first time, the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the ""Twentieth-Century Minstrel."" Dyer-Bennet's approach to singing sounded almost foreign to many American listeners. The folk artist followed a musical tradition in danger of dying out. The Swede Sven Scholander was the last European proponent of minstrelsy and served as Dyer-Bennet's inspiration after the young singer traveled to Stockholm to meet him one year before Scholander'
• Titolo autorizzato: Richard Dyer-Bennet
• ISBN: 1-283-34134-4; 9786613341341; 1-60473-361-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789745203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American made music series.