Ebook: Folk Music
Author: Ronald D. Cohen
- Tags: Folk music -- Great Britain -- History and criticism, Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism
- Series: Routledge Student Reference. The Basics
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Routledge
- Language: English
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Folk Music: The Basics gives a brief introduction to British and American folk music. Drawing upon the most recent and relevant scholarship, it will focus on comparing and contrasting the historical nature of the three aspects of understanding folk music: traditional, local performers; professional collectors; and the advent of professional performers in the twentieth century during the so-called "folk revival." The Read more...