Folk music in the United States : an introduction / by Bruno Nettl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nettl, Bruno, 1930-

Contributor:

Myers, Helen, 1946-

Series:

Wayne books ; WB41 ; Humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--United States.

Folk music.

Folk songs, English--United States.

Folk songs, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

3d ed. / rev. and expanded by Helen Myers.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1976.

Summary:

Folding a River, a collection of elegies, shows a pleasing range of free-verse forms that develop themes sustained throughout: loss, exile, myth, landscape. Kawita Kandpal's poems are explorations of East-West cultures, taking her into an emo-mythic place not to be found on any map. Kandpal's mood in Folding a River is melancholy, articulated with intelligence and grace, and her phrasing can rise to the level of proverb: "This time next year you will have evolved into an idea." In its personal evocations of geographical and linguistic exile from the subcontinent, centered on a lost father, her work recalls that of Li-Young Lee, yet with a feminine perspective often haunting in its own right: "tenderly / taking back the mistakes of men."

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Musical Examples

Preface

I. Introduction

II. Defining Folk Music

III. The Uses and Styles of Folk Music

IV. Indian Music of the United States

V. The British Tradition

VI. Afro-American Music

VII. Hispanic-American Folk Music

VIII. European Folk Music in Rural America

IX. Folk Music in the City

X. Studying Folk Music

XI. Folk Music and the Professional Singer

XII. Folk Music and the Composer

Notes

Bibliographic Aids

Index

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B

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E

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G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

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W

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Notes:

Previous editions published under title: An introduction to folk music in the United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814337578

0814337570

OCLC:

681368203