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Book Title
Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills
Publication Name
Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills
Title
Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills
EAN
9781946684035
ISBN
9781946684035
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Format
Trade Paperback
Release Year
2017
Release Date
30/12/2017
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Author
Patrick W. Gainer
Contributor
Emily Hilliard (Foreword by)
Genre
Music Dance & Theatre
Series
Sounding Appalachia Ser.
Subject
Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Item Width
5.5 in
Type
Textbook
ISBN-10
1946684031
Subject Area
Music, History
Publication Year
2017
Number of Pages
264 Pages

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Publisher
West Virginia University Press
ISBN-10
1946684031
ISBN-13
9781946684035
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240502213

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
264 Pages
Publication Name
Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, History
Author
Patrick W. Gainer
Series
Sounding Appalachia Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
"Patrick Gainer used his platform as a professor at West Virginia University to advocate vigorously for the preservation and dissemination of Appalachian culture, supporting the work of leading traditional musicians by documenting and presenting their work to others. Decades after his death, his work remains vitally important." Travis Stimeling, West Virginia University, "The songs in this volume have been collected in West Virginia over a period of fifty years, beginning in 1924. I wrote many of them down before the tape recorder came into use, from the singing of people who had preserved them in their family traditions for many generations. After 1950 most of the songs were recorded on tape recorders. But many of them had been recorded in my own mind when I was a small boy, from the singing of my grandfather." --From the introduction  
Synopsis
First published in 1975 and long out of print , Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills is a major work of folklore poised to reach a new generation of readers. Drawing upon Patrick Ward Gainer's extensive ethnographic fieldwork around West Virginia, it contains dozens of significant folk songs, including not only the internationally famous "Child Ballads," but such distinctively West Virginian songs as "The West Virginia Farmer" and "John Hardy," among others. Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills stands out as a book with multiple audiences. As a musical text, it offers comparatively easy access to a rich variety of folk songs that could provide a new repertoire for Appalachian singers. As an ethnographic text, it has the potential to reintroduce significant data about the musical lives of many West Virginians into conversations around Appalachian music--discourses that are being radically reshaped by scholars working in folklore, ethnomusicology, and Appalachian studies. As a historical document, it gives readers a glimpse into the research methods commonly practiced by mid-twentieth-century folklorists. And when read in conjunction with John Harrington Cox's Folk Songs of the South (also available from WVU Press), it sheds important light on the significant role that West Virginia University has played in documenting the state's vernacular traditions., First published in 1975 and long out of print, Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills is a major work of folklore poised to reach a new generation of readers. Drawing on Patrick Ward Gainer's extensive ethnographic fieldwork around West Virginia, it contains dozens of significant folk songs, including the internationally famous and the distinctively West Virginian.
Copyright Date
2017
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