STAGING TRADITION
Subtitle: JOHN LAIR AND SARAH GERTRUDE KNOTT (Music in American Life)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252073441
Subjects: Biography: general; Folk music; Music; Music/Songbooks; Composers & Musicians - General; Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General; History & Criticism - General; Music / History & Criticism; Biography; History; Impresarios; Music festivals; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: Born at the tail end of the nineteenth century, John Lair (1894-1985) and Sarah Gertrude Knott (1895-1984) lived to see most of the next century pass.