Folk Songs Of The Catskills

Author : Norman Cazden
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873955805
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Songs of the Catskills written by Norman Cazden and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional songs from the Catskill area of New York State are accompanied by detailed discusssions of their roots, development, musical structure, and subject matter

Author : Norman Cazden
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791498646
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills written by Norman Cazden and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1983-06-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notes and Sources to Folk Songs of the Catskills, also published by the State University of New York Press, is the companion volume to Folk Songs of the Catskills. It contains extensive reference notes that exemplify and support detailed citations in the commentary preceding each song. The book also includes a comprehensive list of sources, including books, broadsides or pocket songsters, disc recordings, music publications, periodicals, tape archives, and other miscellaneous material, as well as information on variants, adaptations, comments or references, texts, and tunes. These notes are designed to provide succinct reference information.

Author : Norman Cazden
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873955805
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Songs of the Catskills written by Norman Cazden and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional songs from the Catskill area of New York State are accompanied by detailed discusssions of their roots, development, musical structure, and subject matter

Author : Norman Cazden
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791498638
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Songs of the Catskills written by Norman Cazden and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1983-06-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the ancient Appalachians and just a few miles up the road from a massive metropolitan area, the Catskills have been home to the variety of people who have made the history of the New World. The songs collected here reflect this history. They are songs of rafting and lumbering, war and railroads, prison and hard times, and nonsense and drinking. And they are songs of love—tragic love, thwarted love, foolish love—and sometimes even true love. Collecting the songs began in 1941 when educator Norman Studer and composer Herbert Haufrecht led a group of young people on folklore trips through the mountains. The distinguished musician Norman Cazden continued the collection, adding his research and scholarship. The book is the cumulative work of these three colleagues. Useful as an annotated archive of regional lore, Folk Songs of the Catskills traces roots to early Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English, and American sources. Both texts and musical structure are compared to other traditional songs. Extended search for tune relatives is directed towards tracing the known use of each tune strain, whether in variants with similar texts or quite different texts. Some of the Catskill versions of tunes have not been found elsewhere, and others are rarely encountered. Whether related to others or unique to the Catskills, the commentary on the songs in this collection contributes to a more general theory of the nature of traditional tunes and their transformation. The late composer/musicologist and university professor, Norman Cazden, worked meticulously over a period of many years to trace traditional melodies and texts. Both Cazden and fellow composer Herbert Haufrecht were music directors of Camp Woodland, a unique summer school in the Catskill Mountains which acquainted students with the folklore of this musically rich region. The late Norman Studer, one of the founders and for many years the director of Camp Woodland, was also an ardent folklorist who spent much of his life in the hills and hollows of the Catskills looking for folksingers and yarnspinners. Together, these devoted scholars have created a work that is as enjoyable as it is rare.

Author : John Harrington Cox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk-songs of the South written by John Harrington Cox and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald D. Cohen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810862029
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States written by Ronald D. Cohen and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a history of folk music festivals in the United States, beginning in the 19th century and ending in the early 21st century. The focus is on the proliferation and diversity of festivals in the 20th century.

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438426984
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Sings written by and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon J. Bronner
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815602163
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old-Time Music Makers of New York State written by Simon J. Bronner and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask an old-timer what life was like in rural upstate New York during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and you will hear about the dances and bees that brought villagers and farmers together. You will hear of favorite fiddlers who held center stage with dance tunes taken from early British and American sources. You will hear of old-time music and its significance to a people making the transition from a rural, agricultural life to an urban, industrial one. Old-Time Music Makers of New York State is the first book published on this rich legacy of traditional Anglo-American music and dance. It traces the development of old-time music beginning with its movement into New York State from New England in the early nineteenth century and to its combination with commercial country music in the twentieth century. Exploring the regional character of the music and its meaning co the people who enjoy it, Bronner introduces memorable figures from the major periods in the development of old-time music, and he places their stories, their lives, and their music in the context of the region's cultural and historical changes. This is much more than a regional study, however. Bronner brings to the fore issues of national scope and interest. He discusses the relationship of old-time music to the commercial country music with which it has been closely aligned, and he challenges the prevailing wisdom that the origins of country music are in the South. Musician, fan, folklorist, and historian alike will benefit from and enjoy this book. The many musical transcriptions, annotations, photographs, and appendixes provide a valuable reference to be used again and again.

Author : Tracey West
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780439043878
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching American History with Favorite Folk Songs written by Tracey West and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains classroom activities that use folk songs to connect students to major events in U.S. history.

Author : Terry Ann Mood-Leopold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576076210
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Regional Folklore written by Terry Ann Mood-Leopold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-09-24 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.