Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests - Couverture souple

Goertzen, Chris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617032093 ISBN 13 : 9781617032097

Editeur : University Press of Mississippi, 2011

Synopsis

Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of southern fiddle music.

Goertzen traces fiddling and fiddle contests from mid-eighteenth-century Scotland to the modern United States. He takes the reader on journeys to the important large contests, such as those in Hallettville, Texas; Galax, Virginia; Weiser, Idaho; and to smaller ones, including his favorite in Athens, Alabama. He reveals what happens on stage and during such off-stage activities as camping, jamming, and socializing, which many fiddlers consider much more important than the competition.

Through multiple interviews, Goertzen also reveals the fiddlers' lives as told in their own words. The reader learns how and in what environments these fiddlers started playing, where they perform today, how they teach, what they think of contests, and what values they believe fiddling supports. Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests shows how such contests have become living embodiments of American nostalgia.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Chris Goertzen (1952-2025) was professor emeritus of music history and world music at the University of Southern Mississippi. His books include Fiddling for Norway: Revival and Identity; Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests; Made in Mexico: Tradition, Tourism, and Political Ferment in Oaxaca; George P. Knauff's "Virginia Reels" and the History of American Fiddling; American Antebellum Fiddling; Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts; and Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling, the latter six published by University Press of Mississippi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Mississippi
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617032093
• ISBN 13: 9781617032097
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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