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Autore: | Jenkins Paul O |
Titolo: | Richard Dyer-Bennet [[electronic resource] ] : the last minstrel / / Paul O. Jenkins ; foreword by Bonnie Dyer-Bennet ; afterword by Andrew Schulman |
Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina: | 782.42162/0092 |
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Soggetto topico: | Folk singers - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910461752103321 |
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