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Title The ballad collectors of North America : how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity / edited by Scott B. Spencer
Published Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 237 pages)
Series American folk music and musicians series ; no. 15
American folk music and musicians ; no. 15.
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
Summary Both biographical and topical, The Ballad Collectors of North America chronicles those individuals most influential in the gathering of North American folksongs and investigates the two leading schools of thought regarding the collection process, the le
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Folk music -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
Ballads, English -- United States -- History and criticism
Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
Ballads, English
Folk music
Folk music -- Collectors and collecting
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Spencer, Scott B., 1970-
LC no. 2021698136
ISBN 9780810881563
081088156X
1283362139
9781283362139
9786613362131
6613362131