Minstrel of the Appalachians : the story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Loyal Jones ; music transcribed by John M. Forbes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Loyal, 1928- author.

Contributor:

Forbes, John M., music copyist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk singers--Appalachian Region, Southern--Biography.

Folk singers.

Folk music--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Folk music.

Folk songs, English--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Folk songs, English.

Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1882-1973.

Lunsford, Bascom Lamar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would ""cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song"" -- his Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress -- but he did much more than acquire songs. He preserved and promoted the Appalachian mountain tradition for generations of people, founding in 1928 the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, an annual event that has shaped America's festival movement. Loyal Jones pens a lively biography of a man considered to be Appalachian music royalty. He al

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Mountain Bred; 2. Personal and Vocational Ventures; 3. The Real Calling; 4. Fulfillment; 5. Mostly Personal; 6. Bouquets and Arrows; Bibliography; Appendices; A Lunsford Sampler

Notes:

"A compilation of Lunsford's music" (unacc. or melodies with chord symbols): p. [191]-249.

Originally published: Boone, N.C. : Appalachian Consortium Press, c1984. With new introd.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-8424-X

0-8131-4882-0

OCLC:

680416261