Author: Thomas Edward CheneyPublisher: Austin : Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains
Author: Thomas Edward CheneyPublisher: Austin : Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains
Author: Thomas E. CheneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Rocky Mountain Saints: a Full and Complete History of the Mormons, Etc
Author: T. B. H. STENHOUSEMormonism and Music
Author: Michael HicksPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252071478
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A history of the Mormon faith and people as they use the art of music to define and re-define their religious identity
The Rocky Mountain Saints: a Full and Complete History of the Mormons, from the First Vision of Joseph Smith to the Last Courtship of Brigham Young
Author: T.B.H. StenhouseA Selected List of References on Mormon Folklore and Folksong
Author: The Ballad Collectors of North America
Author: Scott B. SpencerPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810881551
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Much has been written about the songs gathered in North America in the first half of the 20th century. However, there is scant information on those individuals responsible for gathering these songs. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity fills this gap, documenting the efforts of those who transcribed and recorded North American folk songs. Both biographical and topical, this book chronicles not only the most influential of these "song catchers" but also examines the main schools of thought on the collection process, the leading proponents of those schools, and the projects that they shaped. Contributors also consider the role of technology--especially the phonograph--in the collection efforts. Chapters organized by region cover such areas as Appalachia, the West, and Canada, while others devoted to specialized topics from the cowboy tune and occupational song to the commercialization of folk music through song collections and anthologies. Ballad Collectors investigates the larger role of the ballad in the development of American identity, from the national appreciation of cowboy songs in popular culture to the use of Appalachian song forms in radio broadcasts to the role of dustbowl ballads in the urban folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, this collection assesses the changing role of songs and song texts in the academic fields of folklore, anthropology, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Scholars and students of American cultural and social history, as well as fans of North American folk and popular music, will find The Ballad Collectors of North America a fascinating story of how the American folk tradition gained greater visibility, fueling the revolutions that would follow in the writing and performance of American music.
Mormons and Popular Culture
Author: J. Michael HunterPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 885
Book Description
Many people are unaware of how influential Mormons have been on American popular culture. This book parts the curtain and looks behind the scenes at the little-known but important influence Mormons have had on popular culture in the United States and beyond. Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon provides an unprecedented, comprehensive treatment of Mormons and popular culture. Authored by a Mormon studies librarian and author of numerous writings regarding Mormon folklore, culture, and history, this book provides students, scholars, and interested readers with an introduction and wide-ranging overview of the topic that can serve as a key reference book on the topic. The work contains fascinating coverage on the most influential Mormon actors, musicians, fashion designers, writers, artists, media personalities, and athletes. Some topics—such as the Mormon influence at Disney, and how Mormon inventors have assisted in transforming American popular culture through the inventions of television, stereophonic sound, video games, and computer-generated animation—represent largely unknown information. The broad overview of Mormons and American popular culture offered can be used as a launching pad for further investigation; researchers will find the references within the book's well-documented chapters helpful.
Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Roll me in your arms
Author: Vance RandolphPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557282316
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Roll Me in Your Arms, Volume I includes 180 unexpurgated songs collected by Randolph, with tunes transcribed from the original singers.
The Filth of Progress
Author: Ryan DearingerPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520284607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Filth of Progress explores the untold side of a well-known American story. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book salvages stories often omitted from the triumphant narrative of progress by focusing on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Ryan Dearinger examines the moving frontiers of canal and railroad construction workers in the tumultuous years of American expansion, from the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 to the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1869. He tells the story of the immigrants and Americans—the Irish, Chinese, Mormons, and native-born citizens—whose labor created the West’s infrastructure and turned the nation’s dreams of a continental empire into a reality. Dearinger reveals that canals and railroads were not static monuments to progress but moving spaces of conflict and contestation.