The ballad collectors of North America
Subtitle: how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity
By: edited by Scott B. Spencer
Series: American folk music and musicians series
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810881556; 9780810881563
Subjects: Folk music; History and criticism; English Ballads; Collectors and collecting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ballad collecting : impetus and impact / Scott B. Spencer; title: Franz Boas, the phonograph, and the Columbia School / Erika Brady; title: Ballad collectors in the Ozarks / Norm Cohen; title: Songcatchers in the West : cowboy songs ; Songcatchers in the West, other traditions / Guy Logsdon; title: Folk song collectors in the Midwest / James P. Leary; title: Ballad collectors in the Northeast / Nancy-Jean Ballard Seigel; title: Four songcatchers in eastern Canada / Sheldon Posen; title: The Lomaxes / Matt Barton; title: Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul Stamler; title: Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner; title: Commodification and revival / Paul Stamler.