Item #000011064 Folk Song U.S.A.: The 111 Best American Ballads. John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax.

Folk Song U.S.A.: The 111 Best American Ballads

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce [1947], 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [6], vii-xvi, [2], 3-407, [1] pp. Blue cloth with the front board lettered in blind and with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $6.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Collected, adapted, and arranged by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. Alan Lomax, editor. Charles Seeger and Ruth Crawford Seeger, music editors. ANB, J. Marshall Bevil, "Lomax, John Avery". Wilgus 220. Wilgus praises the presentation of the melodies in this book. John Lomax began lecturing on American folk songs in 1910. He grew up recording cowboy ballads that he learned from his friends and neighbors. Nat Blythe, a Black man with whom Lomax was friends, taught Lomax traditional spiritual songs from the African-American community. In the early 1930's, John Lomax took to traveling the country full-time, recording folk songs everywhere he went. His son Alan Lomax would often accompany him, especially at this point in his career. Lomax was a key player at the Archive of American Folksong at the Library of Congress, compiling a huge range of folk music for their records. Lomax's work continues to be important to modern ethnomusicologists. His primary objective was to popularize folk music, and the public image of American folk music's heritage. The final publication in which the father and son team worked together to produce a history of American folk music. Wilgus praises the presentation of the melodies in this book. Very Good+ / Good. Item #000011064

A bit of fading to the edges of the boards and a slight lean; jacket shows notable chipping and a chip to each fold.

Price: $150.00

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