Folk music in America / by Phillips Barry ; introductory essay by George Herzog ; edited by George Herzog and Herbert Halpert.
Material type:
TextSeries: Publication details: New York : Works Progress Administration, Federal Theatre Project, National Service Bureau, 1939.Description: xx, 113 leaves : music ; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - 784.4/973 19
- ML3551 .B25
Contents:
Folk-music in America -- Native balladry in America -- The origin of folk melodies -- A garland of ballads -- Some aspects of folk-song -- William Carter, the Bensontown Homer -- The transmission of folk-song -- The collection of folk-song -- The music of the ballads -- What is tradition? -- Communal re-creation -- Das volk dichtet nichts -- Illiteracy a negative factor in ballad tradition -- Notes on the ways of folk-singers with folk-tunes -- American folk music.
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"Issued by Folk-Song and Folklore Dept."--T.p.
A Bibliography of the works of Phillips Barry: leaves xv-xix.
Folk-music in America -- Native balladry in America -- The origin of folk melodies -- A garland of ballads -- Some aspects of folk-song -- William Carter, the Bensontown Homer -- The transmission of folk-song -- The collection of folk-song -- The music of the ballads -- What is tradition? -- Communal re-creation -- Das volk dichtet nichts -- Illiteracy a negative factor in ballad tradition -- Notes on the ways of folk-singers with folk-tunes -- American folk music.