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Folk-songs of the South : collected under auspices of West Virginia Folk-lore Society / John Harrington Cox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, John Harrington, 1863-1945, author.
- Jabbour, Alan, author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- West Virginia classics ; Volume 4.
- West Virginia Classics ; Volume 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, English--United States--Texts.
- Folk songs, English.
- Folk songs, English--Southern States--Texts.
- Ballads, English--Southern States--Texts.
- Ballads, English.
- Southern States--Songs and music.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (753 p.)
- Edition:
- [New edition]
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Folk-Songs of the South: ""Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society "is a collection of ballads and folk-songs from West Virginia. First published in 1925, this resource includes narrative and lyric songs that were transmitted orally, as well as popular songs from print sources. Through 186 ballads and songs and 26 folk tunes, this collection archives a range of styles and genres, from English and Scottish ballads to songs about the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the opening of the American West, boat and railroad transportation, children's play-party and dance music, and songs from African American singers, including post-Civil war popular music. The original introduction by Cox contains vibrant portraits of the singers he researched, with descriptions of performance style and details about personalities and attitudes. With a new introduction by Alan Jabbour, this reprint renews the importance of this text as a piece of scholarship, revealing Cox's understanding of the workings of tradition across time and place and his influence upon folk-song research.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the New Edition / Alan Jabbour
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction to the original edition / John Harrington Cox
- Ballads and songs
- Folk tunes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes indices for song titles and first lines.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-938228-70-7
- OCLC:
- 875895051
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