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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.

Publisher:

Scarecrow Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

vii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Folk music--Collectors and collecting--United States.
Ballads, English--United States--History and criticism.
Folk music--United States--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Spencer, Scott B., 1970-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

American folk music and musicians series ; no. 15

ISBN:

081088156X (ebook)
9780810881563 (ebook)
0810881551 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810881556 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)741415843

LCCN:

2011028986

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)