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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252031021
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.
Description: "Staging tradition traces the parallel careers of the creators of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and the National Folk Festival. Through their devotion to staging of traditional culture, including folk, country, and bluegrass music, John Lair (1894-1985) and Sarah Gertrude Knott (1895-1984) became two of the mid-twentieth century's most notable producers."--P. [4] of cover.