| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 257 |
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Very short introductions ; 257.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of llustrations; Preface; 1 Overview: sound and setting; 2 Close-up: songs, strums, and ceremonies; 3 Intellectual intervention: scholars and bureaucrats; 4 Collecting and circulating: recording and distributing; 5 Internal upsurge: movements and stars; 6 Folk music today and tomorrow; References; Further reading; Index |
| Summary |
When we think of folk music, most of us picture Pete Seeger singing "This Land is My Land" or Joan Baez singing "Barbara Allen." But this stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, in a wide-ranging portrait that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. Written by award-winning musicologist Mark Slobin, this is the first compact introduction to folk music that offers a truly global perspective. Slobin offers an extraordinarily generous portrait of fol |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk music -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Ethnic.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Folk & Traditional.
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Folk music
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010033870 |
| ISBN |
9780199753314 |
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0199753318 |
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9780199753086 |
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0199753083 |
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