Old-Time Music and Dance - Community and Folk Revival

Informationen zum Autor John Bealle is an independent scholar who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is author of Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong and an accomplished old-time fiddler. During the time he lived in Bloomington, Indiana, he frequently accompanied Lotus Dickey. Klappentext More than a story about the people who forged the group or an extraordinary convergence of talent and creativity, Old-Time Music and Dance follows the threads of American folk culture and the social experience generated by this living tradition of music and dance. Zusammenfassung Tells the history of the Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group - how it was formed, how it evolved its unique culture, and how it grew to shape and influence waves of traditional music and dance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Conjuring History 1. An Apocryphal Story 2. Old-Time Music Revival 3. Banjo Pedagogy 4. Back to the Land 5. The Green House 6. The Old-Time Community 7. The Jukebox 8. The Orange Sheet 9. Anne's a Bride Tonight 10. Opening Up 11. Gardening and Dumpstering 12. The Bean King 13. The Indiana Contra Dancers' Lament 14. The Gang of Four 15. Easy Street 16. Dance Camps 17. The Sovereign Self 18. Bloomington Quarry Morris 19. May Day 20. Dare to Be Square 21. The Shuffle Creek Cloggers 22. The Old Library 23. Sugar Hill 24. Young Audiences 25. Little Bloomington 26. Eight Miles from Town 27. The Piano Controversy 28. The Book 29. Collection Time! 30. The Reclusive Muse 31. Lotus Dickey 32. Breaking Away 33. Blue Spruce References Index

Product details

• Authors: John Bealle, Bealle John
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2005
• EAN: 9780253346384
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34638-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Readings in African Studies; Readings in African Studies; Quarry Books
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Musikgeschichte, Folk-Stil, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, MUSIC / Ethnic