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The beautiful music all around us : field recordings and the American experience / Stephen Wade.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012.Description: xvii, 477 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780252036880 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Contents:
Bill Stepp: retreat across America -- Kelly Pace: coworker in the kingdom of culture -- Ora Dell Graham: a little black girl from Mississippi -- Christine and Katherine Shipp: in a chromatic light -- Nashville Washboard Band: something out of nothing -- Vera Hall: the life that we live -- Bozie Sturdivant: a song that went with him -- Pete Steele: it's what folks do -- Texas Gladden: from here to the Mississippi -- Luther Strong: way behind his time -- Charlie Butler: call me to home -- Jess Morris: boiled shirt and cowboy boots.
Summary: Highlights the stories behind thirteen field recordings captured between 1934 and 1942, focusing on the experiences of the people, ranging from students to prisoners, who contributed to the recordings.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Class number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode
Books Books VWML Gift MPS 10 (32) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only From the Fred McCormick collection. With CD 2314. 19132

With CD 2314.

Works cited: p. 423-445.

Bill Stepp: retreat across America -- Kelly Pace: coworker in the kingdom of culture -- Ora Dell Graham: a little black girl from Mississippi -- Christine and Katherine Shipp: in a chromatic light -- Nashville Washboard Band: something out of nothing -- Vera Hall: the life that we live -- Bozie Sturdivant: a song that went with him -- Pete Steele: it's what folks do -- Texas Gladden: from here to the Mississippi -- Luther Strong: way behind his time -- Charlie Butler: call me to home -- Jess Morris: boiled shirt and cowboy boots.

Highlights the stories behind thirteen field recordings captured between 1934 and 1942, focusing on the experiences of the people, ranging from students to prisoners, who contributed to the recordings.

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