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Worlds of sound : the story of Smithsonian Folkways / Richard Carlin, in association with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Smithsonian Books : 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 283 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780061563553
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22
Contents:
Creating worlds of sound : the extraordinary career of Moses Asch -- Jazz is folk music -- Lasting friendships : Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger -- I saw America changed by music : Harry Smith's Anthology of American folk music -- Music of the world's peoples -- Striking lightnin' : Folkways and the blues revival -- My children's records are not kiddie records : discovering the children's market -- From the hills and hollers to the subways and skyscrapers : the old-time and bluegrass music revivals -- If I had a hammer : the folk revival -- History and spoken word : capturing contemporary expression -- The science of sound -- Smithsonian Folkways : a museum of sound.
Summary: A history of the record label Smithsonian Folkways.
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Books Books VWML Gift MPS 15 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only From Fred McCormick collection. 19129

Creating worlds of sound : the extraordinary career of Moses Asch -- Jazz is folk music -- Lasting friendships : Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger -- I saw America changed by music : Harry Smith's Anthology of American folk music -- Music of the world's peoples -- Striking lightnin' : Folkways and the blues revival -- My children's records are not kiddie records : discovering the children's market -- From the hills and hollers to the subways and skyscrapers : the old-time and bluegrass music revivals -- If I had a hammer : the folk revival -- History and spoken word : capturing contemporary expression -- The science of sound -- Smithsonian Folkways : a museum of sound.

A history of the record label Smithsonian Folkways.

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