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28 gennaio 2012

ballad - american identity

Scott Spencer
The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity
Scarecrow Press, 2012
Both biographical and topical, The Ballad Collectors of North America chronicles those individuals most influential in the gathering of North American folksongs and investigates the two leading schools of thought regarding the collection process, the leading proponents of those schools, and the projects shaped by them. Contributors also reflect on the role of technologyespecially the phonographin the collection efforts and the impact of that technology. Ballad Collectors considers the larger role of ballads in the development of American identity, from the national appreciation of cowboy songs in popular culture to the use of Appalachian song forms in radio broadcasts to the role of dustbowl ballads in the urban folk revival. 

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