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The ballad hunter a lecture
- Title
- The ballad hunter [sound recording] : a lecture / by John A. Lomax ; introduced by Philip H. Cohen.
- Author
- Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Music Division, Recording Laboratory, [1978-1985]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LRX 9266 v. 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LRX 9266 v. 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LRX 9266 v. 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LRX 9266 v. 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LRX 9266 v. 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 5 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.
- Subjects
- Note
- Library of Congress: AAFS L49--AAFS L53.
- Each lecture is illustrated with musical excerpts from American folk music collected by John A. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in the Library of Congress.
- "Reissued by the Library of Congress under a special grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York"--Container.
- In 5 containers.
- Biographical notes on container; titles and personnel on sheets inserted in each container.
- Contents
- [v. 1] Part 1. Cheyene : songs from the range and hill country. Part 2. Blues and hollers : "Being lonesome songs" -- [v. 2] Part 3. Chisholm trail : cowboy songs along the famous old cattle trail. Part 4. Rock Island line : woodcutter's songs and songs of prison life -- [v. 3] Part 5. Two sailors : sea shanties and canal boat ballads. Part 6. Boll weevil : songs about the little bug that challenged King Cotton -- [v. 4] Part 7. Spirituals : religion through songs of the Southern negroes. Part 8. Railroad songs : work songs for rail tramping and track laying -- [v. 5] Part 9. Jordan and jubilee : songs from Livingston, Alabama. Part 10. Sugarland, Texas : convict songs from a Texas prison.
- Call Number
- *LRX 9266 (CF)
- OCLC
- 17608909
- NYPG88-R6
- Author
- Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948.
- Title
- The ballad hunter [sound recording] : a lecture / by John A. Lomax ; introduced by Philip H. Cohen.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Music Division, Recording Laboratory, [1978-1985]
- Added Author
- Archive of American Folk Song.Library of Congress. Music Division.Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory.
- Publisher No.
- Library of Congress AAFS L49Library of Congress AAFS L50Library of Congress AAFS L51Library of Congress AAFS L52Library of Congress AAFS L53
- Research Call Number
- *LRX 9266 (CF) Notes on container; texts (lacking v. 5-6) in file.