Country music sources : a biblio-discography of commercially recorded traditional music / Guthrie T. Meade, Jr. ; with Dick Spottswood, and Douglas S. Meade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991.

Contributor:

Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)

Meade, Douglas S. (Douglas Shannon), 1956-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--United States--Discography.

Folk music.

Folk music--United States--Bibliography.

United States.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Discographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 1002 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C. : Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries in Association with the John Edwards Memorial Forum, [2002]

Summary:

This book provides information on some 14,500 recordings of 3,500 old-time folk and country songs recorded between 1921 and 1942. Each performance receives a full citation, including the date and place of recording, original and variant artist, and title credits. Whenever possible, songs are traced back to their original lyricists and composers or to major published and unpublished folksong collections. Entries are grouped into broad subject categories: ballads, popular songs, religious songs, and instrumentals.

Based on 35 years of research in public and private collections of recordings, broadsides, pamphlets, and sheet music, this valuable resource allows a fresh understanding of pre-World War II country music and its intricate connections to the blues, old world folk music, and the broad spectrum of American popular song.

Notes:

Focuses principally on American folk music sources.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 893-927) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0807827231

OCLC:

49225743