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BL
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581925
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b411144
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| Main Entry
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Wade, Stephen
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| Title & Author
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The beautiful music all around us : : field recordings and the American experience /\ Stephen Wade
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| Series Statement
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Music in American life
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xvii, 477 pages :: illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ;; 27 cm. ++ 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
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| ISBN
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9780252036880
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: 0252036883
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| Notes
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Companion CD contains field recordings (excerpted from A treasury of Library of Congress field recordings, Rounder Records, 1997) of performances by individuals profiled in the text
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-445)and index
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| Contents
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Bill Stepp : retreat across America -- Kelly Pace : coworker in the kingdom of culture -- Ora Dell Graham : a little black girl from Mississippi -- Christine and Katherine Shipp : in a chromatic light -- Nashville Washboard Band : something out of nothing -- Vera Hall : the life that we live -- Bozie Sturdivant : a song that went with him -- Pete Steele : it's what folks do -- Texas Gladden : from here to the Mississippi -- Luther Strong : way behind his time -- Charlie Butler : call me to home -- Jess Morris : boiled shirt and cowboy boots
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| Abstract
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Explores the stories behind thirteen field recordings collected between 1934 and 1942, focusing on the experiences of the people --ranging from students to prisoners-- who contributed to the recordings
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| Subject
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Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)
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Folk music-- United States-- History and criticism
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Field recordings-- United States-- History
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Field recordings-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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781.62/13
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| LC Classification
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ML3550.W34 2012
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