Folk city : New York and the American folk music revival / / Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen

• Autore: Petrus Stephen
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.62/1307471
• Soggetto topico: Folk music - New York (State) - New York - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): CohenRonald D. <1940->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""THE HEART OF FOLK CITY""; ""NEW YORK AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL""; ""MAKING A BUSINESS OUT OF IT""; ""THE BATTLES OF WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK""; ""THE VILLAGE SCENE IN THE EARLY 1960S""; ""POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND THE FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL""; ""BOB DYLAN IS TALKINâ€? NEW YORK""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF THE FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL IN NEW YORK""; ""ENDNOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""IMAGE CREDITS"" ; ""AUTHORSâ€? ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""
• Sommario/riassunto: From Washington Square Park and the Gaslight Cafe to WNYC Radio and Folkways Records, New York City's cultural, artistic, and commercial assets helped to shape a distinctively urban breeding ground for the folk music revival of the 1950s and 60s. Folk City explores New York's central role in fueling the nationwide craze for folk music in postwar America. It involves the efforts of record company producers and executives, club owners, concert promoters, festival organizers, musicologists, agents and managers, editors and writers - and, of course, musicians and audiences. In Folk City, authors S
• Titolo autorizzato: Folk city
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460213903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II