Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick 9781496804075 (Paperback, 2015)
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Format:
Paperback
Language of text:
English
Isbn-13:
9781496804075, 978-1496804075
Author:
Harry Bolick
Publisher:
University Press of Mississippi
Series:
American Made Music Series, American Made Music
Imprint:
University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:
2015-11-23
Product dimensions:
216mm (w) x
279mm (h) x
31.75mm (d)
Overview
While in the Mississippi State Archives tracking down Abbott Ferriss's beautiful photographic portraits of musicians from 1939, author Harry Bolick discovered, to his amazement, a treasure trove of earlier fiddle tunes in manuscript form. Since then he has worked to understand how this collection came to exist and be set aside. With Stephen T. Austin, Bolick has transcribed the subsequent 1939 audio recordings. Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s presents the history of the collecting work, with over three hundred of the tunes and songs and a beautiful selection of period photographs.In the summer of 1936, over one hundred fiddle tunes, many of them unique, along with thousands of songs, were collected and notated throughout a large part of Mississippi. Roughly 130 novice field workers captured beautiful tunes and tantalizing fragments. As a body of work, it is an unparalleled and fascinating snapshot of vernacular music as heard in Mississippi in the early part of the recorded era. However, this music was unpublished and forgotten.In 1939, building on the contacts made three years earlier, Herbert Halpert led one of the last and best executed of the WPA folklore projects which recorded audio performances in Mississippi. Some, but not all, of those distinctive fiddle tune recordings have been published. Additionally through cassette tape copies passed hand to hand, some of these distinctive tunes have regained currency and popularity among contemporary fiddlers. In Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s, this great music is at last widely available.Selected tunes in this book are available from Document Records.Get Harry Bolick's CD with 22 tunes from the book, more information, a video, and free downloads of the sound files at redacted
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Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick 9781496804075 (Paperback, 2015)
Delivery UK delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days. International delivery varies by country, please see the Wordery store help page for details.
Product details Format:Paperback Language of text:English Isbn-13:9781496804075, 978-1496804075 Author:Harry Bolick Publisher:University Press of Mississippi Series:American Made Music Series, American Made Music Imprint:University Press of Mississippi Publication date:2015-11-23 Product dimensions:216mm (w) x
279mm (h) x
31.75mm (d)
Overview While in the Mississippi State Archives tracking down Abbott Ferriss's beautiful photographic portraits of musicians from 1939, author Harry Bolick discovered, to his amazement, a treasure trove of earlier fiddle tunes in manuscript form. Since then he has worked to understand how this collection came to exist and be set aside. With Stephen T. Austin, Bolick has transcribed the subsequent 1939 audio recordings. Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s presents the history of the collecting work, with over three hundred of the tunes and songs and a beautiful selection of period photographs.In the summer of 1936, over one hundred fiddle tunes, many of them unique, along with thousands of songs, were collected and notated throughout a large part of Mississippi. Roughly 130 novice field workers captured beautiful tunes and tantalizing fragments. As a body of work, it is an unparalleled and fascinating snapshot of vernacular music as heard in Mississippi in the early part of the recorded era. However, this music was unpublished and forgotten.In 1939, building on the contacts made three years earlier, Herbert Halpert led one of the last and best executed of the WPA folklore projects which recorded audio performances in Mississippi. Some, but not all, of those distinctive fiddle tune recordings have been published. Additionally through cassette tape copies passed hand to hand, some of these distinctive tunes have regained currency and popularity among contemporary fiddlers. In Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s, this great music is at last widely available.Selected tunes in this book are available from Document Records.Get Harry Bolick's CD with 22 tunes from the book, more information, a video, and free downloads of the sound files at redacted About Wordery Wordery is one of the UK's largest online booksellers. With millions of satisfied customers who enjoy low prices on a huge range of books, we offer a reliable and trusted service and consistently receive excellent feedback.We offer a huge range of over 8 million books; bestsellers, children's books, cheap paperbacks, baby books, special edition hardbacks, and textbooks. All our books are dispatched from the UK. Wordery offers Free Delivery on all UK orders, and competitively priced international delivery.#HappyReading