Research Catalog

Title

Folksongs of another America : field recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 / James P. Leary.

Author

Leary, James P., 1950-

Publication

• Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press ; Atlanta, Georgia : Dust-to-Digital, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xxi, 430 pages : illustrations; 25 cm +

Summary

"Available here for the first time is the remarkably diverse folk music of America's Upper Midwest, captured in field recordings by collectors for the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1946. This landmark multimedia work challenges and considerably broadens popular and scholarly understanding of folk music in American culture. Although Eastern, Southern, and Western musical traditions are familiar to fans of American roots music, the restored images and performances of Folksongs of Another America weave the songs and spirit of the Upper Midwest's peoples into the nation's folksong fabric. - 187 songs and tunes, digitally restored - Songs in more than 25 languages, with full original lyrics and English translations - More than 200 performers, with biographical notes and many photographs"--Publisher description.

Series Statement

Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest

Uniform Title

Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest.

Subjects

• Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
• Folk music > Middle West > History and criticism
• Stratman-Thomas, Helene, 1896-1973
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995
• Archive of American Folk Song
• Music > Middle West
• Folk songs > Middle West > History and criticism

Note

• Consists of multimedia boxed set with 1 cloth book, 5 music CDs, and 1 documentary DVD.
• "Each track begins with basic information: track number, title, performer/speaker, instrumentation, recordist/collector, recording location and date, transcriber/translator/annotator, and disc number in the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture), part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress"--Introduction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Track list -- Buckthorn beginnings : a preface -- Folksongs of another America : an introduction -- Pigtown fling : the Sidney Robertson recordings -- The river in the pines : the Wisconsin lumberjack recordings -- Harps and accordions : the Alan Lomax recordings -- Alan Lomax goes North : "the most fertile source" -- When the dance is over : the Helene Stratman-Thomas recordings, Part one -- My father was a Dutchman : the Helene Stratman-Thomas recordings, Part two -- CD 1: Pigtown fling : the Sidney Robertson recordings -- CD 2: The river in the pines : the Wisconsin lumberjack recordings -- CD 3: Harps and accordions : the Alan Lomax recordings -- CD 4: When the dance is over : the Helene Stratman-Thomas recordings, Part one -- CD 5: My father was a Dutchman : the Helene Stratman-Thomas recordings, Part two -- DVD: Alan Lomax goes North : "the most fertile source" (24 min.).

Call Number

*LE 15-5377

ISBN

• 9780299301507
• 0299301508

LCCN

2014016783

OCLC

879552962

Author

Leary, James P., 1950- author.

Title

Folksongs of another America : field recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 / James P. Leary.

Publisher

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press ; Atlanta, Georgia : Dust-to-Digital, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

performed music

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

unmediated

audio

video

Type of Carrier

volume

audio disc

videodisc

Series

Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest

Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Research Call Number

*LE 15-5377 [Text]

*LDC 53332 [CD]