Discovering folk music [[electronic resource] /] / Stephanie P. Ledgin ; foreword by Gregg and Evan Spiridellis
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Ledgin Stephanie P
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| Titolo: |
Discovering folk music [[electronic resource] /] / Stephanie P. Ledgin ; foreword by Gregg and Evan Spiridellis
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2010 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.4216213 |
| Soggetto topico: | Folk music - United States - History and criticism |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Folk Music?; Chapter 1 What Is Folk Music? Beyond "Kumbaya"; Chapter 2 American Folk Music: A Cultural Mosaic; Chapter 3 Folk Revival: 50 Years On; Chapter 4 No Boundaries: New Folk to Anti-Folk; Chapter 5 The Power of Song; Chapter 6 Guitars, Harmonicas, and Banjos . . . Oh, My!; Photo Section; Chapter 7 Folk: Family-Friendly; Chapter 8 Folk Alive! Front Porches to Festivals; Chapter 9 Bridging Folk: Tom Paxton to the Abrams Brothers; Chapter 10 A Living Tradition: The Times They Keep A-Changin' |
| More Folk: Selected ResourcesListening Space: A Folk Continuum; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From indigenous music to Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen singing ÒThis Land Is Your LandÓ side-by-side at the pre-inaugural concert for our first African American presidentÑfolk music has been at the center of AmericaÕs history. Thomas Jefferson wooed his bride-to-be with fiddle playing. Stephen Foster captured the mood of our country in transition. The Carter Family adapted music from across the pond to Appalachia. Paul Robeson carried folk music of many lands to the world stage. Woody GuthrieÕs dust bowl ballads spoke to the common man, while Sixties protest music put folk on the map, foll |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Discovering folk music |
| ISBN: | 979-84-00-64118-3 |
| 1-282-48629-2 | |
| 9786612486296 | |
| 1-57356-771-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792456003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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