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Southern fiddlers and fiddle contests / Chris Goertzen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goertzen, Chris.
- Series:
- American made music series.
- American made music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiddlers--Southern States.
- Fiddlers.
- Music--Competitions--Southern States.
- Music.
- Fiddling--Southern States--History and criticism.
- Fiddling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of southern fiddle music. Goertzen traces fiddling and fiddle contests from mid-eighteenth-century Scotland to the modern United States. He takes the reader on journeys to the important large contests, such as those in Hallettville, Texas; Galax, Virginia; Weiser, Idaho; and also to smaller ones, including h
- Contents:
- American fiddling of the past
- Modern fiddle contests : the competition itself
- Fiddle contests away from the stage
- Fiddlers across the South
- Styles and meanings in southern fiddling.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48480-X
- 9786612484803
- 1-60473-331-4
- OCLC:
- 503441551
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