Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society
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Availability:In StockContributor:John Harrington Cox (Editor), Alan Jabbour (Introduction by)Series:West Virginia ClassicsPublish date:2013-10-01Pages:600
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781938228681ISBN-10:1938228685UPC:9781938228681Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Ethnomusicology, EthnicBook Topic:Folk & TraditionalSize:8.50 x 6.20 x 2.30 inchesWeight:2.4515Product ID:SC1AXM4BGA
Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society
Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society is a collection of ballads and folk-songs from West Virginia. First published in 1925, this resource includes narrative and lyric songs that were transmitted orally, as well as popular songs from print sources. Through 186 ballads and songs and 26 folk tunes, this collection archives a range of styles and...
Series: West Virginia Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781938228681ISBN-10:1938228685UPC:9781938228681Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Ethnomusicology, EthnicBook Topic:Folk & TraditionalSize:8.50 x 6.20 x 2.30 inchesWeight:2.4515Product ID:SC1AXM4BGA
Dr. John Harrington Cox (1863-1945) was a pioneer in the field of American folk song scholarship. An academic educated at Brown and Harvard, he joined the Department of English at West Virginia University in 1903 as an expert in Old and Middle English and Medieval literature. In 1913, his interests in philology led him to begin collecting folk songs and within two years he presided over the...
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Contributor(s)
John Harrington Cox (Editor), Alan Jabbour (Introduction by)
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