Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions - Couverture rigide

Smith, Ralph Lee

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0810833786 ISBN 13 : 9780810833784

Editeur : Scarecrow Press, 1997

Synopsis

A first-hand report on an effort to enlarge our knowledge of the dulcimer's history by searching the hills and "hollers" of Appalachia, looking at old instruments, and listening to the tales of old folks.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Appalachian dulcimer is one of America's major contributions to world music and folk art. Homemade and handmade, played by people with no formal knowledge of music, this beautiful instrument entered the post-World-War-II Folk Revival with virtually no written record. Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions tells the fascinating story of the effort to recover the instrument's lost history through fieldwork in the Southern mountains, finding of old instruments, and listening to the tales of old folks.

After reviewing the instrument's distinctive musical features, Ralph Lee Smith presents the dulcimer's story chronologically, tracing its roots in a Renaissance German instrument, the scheitholt; describing the early history of the scheitholt and the dulcimer in America; and outlining the development of distinctive dulcimer styles in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. The story continues into the 20th Century, through the final group of tradition-based Appalachian makers whose work flowed into the national scene of the

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scarecrow Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810833786
• ISBN 13: 9780810833784
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible