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The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience (Music in American Life)

Â The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children's play song "Shortenin' Bread," the fiddle tune "Bonaparte's R More »

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The Average Review score is 5.0 on a scale of 5.0. Total 9 reviewers are considered to generate the average review. Some of the new or latest reviews in Music might be helpful and interesting to you. This average review is fetched by Kirsten Tranter and posted on 27 June

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[ 5.0 stars ] "This book, complete with CD, is a treasure of information, history and obscure facts. The author viisted Mississippi in the '90s and interviewed folks who are related to or who knew the performers. The performers were, for the most part, "ordinary" people who sing traditional music from the heart and were recorded by people like John and Alan Lomax in the '30s and '40s. Some of those c ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Music review is genenrated by J. C. Chambers "El Viejo Alto" which was written on June 2, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "Meticulously researched by the intrepid Stephen Wade. Traces a variety of paths from the rural South to the digital music age. Wade is a worthy successor to the fabled Alan Lomax ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Music review is genenrated by Bob Hodge which was written on May 10, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "Wade, an accomplished musician himself, traces the histories of some American folksongs by tracking down the folks behind them and giving us their stories and how they came to have their songs recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress. Wade's love for the music and the tradition shines through each page. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Music review is genenrated by GCM which was written on May 2, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "Stephen Wade is well known for his exquisite banjo playing and as the star of some of the longest running one-man shows ("Banjo Dancing" and "On the Way Home") that he performed at the Arena Stage in WA DC. Here, however, he reveals the backbone of his playing and performing: the people who made the music he learned. While many musicians and scholars have written about their "sources," Stephen ob ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Music review is genenrated by Jean L. Murphy "delusions of adequacy" which was written on April 9, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "This is an amazing book and a stunning research effort, yet it reads well and is fascinating in its detail.I came across Stephen Wade on Youtube, and was very impressed with his banjo playing and his obvious passion for music.On a whim, I ordered the book, but was not prepared for how extraordinary it really is and how much work went into researching,traveling, interviewing, etc., etc., to create ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Music review is genenrated by Richla which was written on February 21, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

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Available	Yes
Author	Stephen Wade
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: University of Illinois Press
EAN	9780252036880
Edition	1st Edition
ISBN	0252036883
Label	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
MPN	9780252036880
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	504
PackageQuantity	1
PartNumber	9780252036880
ProductGroup	Book
ProductTypeName	ABIS_BOOK
PublicationDate	2012-08-10
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
Studio	University of Illinois Press
Title	The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience (Music in American Life)

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