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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American folk music and musicians series ; no. 15Publication details: Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2012.Description: 237 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780810881556 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.42162/1300922 23
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 / Guy Logsdon -- 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 / I. Sheldon Posen -- The Lomaxes / Matt Barton -- Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul J. Stamler -- Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner -- Commodification and revival / Paul J. Stamler.

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 / Guy Logsdon -- 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 / I. Sheldon Posen -- The Lomaxes / Matt Barton -- Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul J. Stamler -- Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner -- Commodification and revival / Paul J. Stamler.

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