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

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Superior document:American folk music and musicians ; no. 15
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:American folk music and musicians ; no. 15.
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Physical Description:vii, 237 p.
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Table of 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.