The ballad collectors of North America [electronic resource] : how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity / edited by Scott B. Spencer.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American folk music and musicians ; no. 15.Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.Description: vii, 237 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 782.42162/1300922 23
LOC classification:
  • ML3551 .B18 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Ballad collecting : impetus and impact / Scott B. Spencer -- Franz Boas, the phonograph, and the Columbia School / Erika Brady -- Ballad collectors in the Ozarks / Norm Cohen -- Songcatchers in the West : cowboy songs ; Songcatchers in the West, other traditions / Guy Logsdon -- Folk song collectors in the Midwest / James P. Leary -- Ballad collectors in the Northeast / Nancy-Jean Ballard Seigel -- Four songcatchers in eastern Canada / Sheldon Posen -- The Lomaxes / Matt Barton -- Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul Stamler -- Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner -- Commodification and revival / Paul Stamler.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ballad collecting : impetus and impact / Scott B. Spencer -- Franz Boas, the phonograph, and the Columbia School / Erika Brady -- Ballad collectors in the Ozarks / Norm Cohen -- Songcatchers in the West : cowboy songs ; Songcatchers in the West, other traditions / Guy Logsdon -- Folk song collectors in the Midwest / James P. Leary -- Ballad collectors in the Northeast / Nancy-Jean Ballard Seigel -- Four songcatchers in eastern Canada / Sheldon Posen -- The Lomaxes / Matt Barton -- Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul Stamler -- Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner -- Commodification and revival / Paul Stamler.

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