| Series |
Revisiting New England
Revisiting New England. ^A446065
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| Contents |
Introduction: the geographic and social landscape -- The musical landscape: singing traditions -- Religious singing -- The musical landscape: social dance music -- The social landscape: gendered spaces -- Family song traditions: the Pierce-Spaulding family of North Shrewsbury, Vermont -- Reconstructing community traditions -- Conclusion: landscape and memory. |
| Abstract |
Drawing upon interviews and archival primary source materials, this book presents new insights into the musical practices and traditions of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century rural northern New England - a context that includes traditional ballads and hymns and, surprisingly, popular songs and commercial dance music. The author lets the voices of ordinary people - the participants - tell us about their music and cultural history. Their stories are infused with issues of concern - landscape and community, gendered expression, imagined traditions, and historical representation - to ethnomusicologists, historians, and social scientists. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004008430 |
| ISBN | 1584654155 (cloth : alk. paper) |
