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100 1 a| Porter, James,d| 1937-=| ^A226302;

245 10 a| Jeannie Robertson :b| emergent singer, transformative voice /c| James Porter, Herschel Gower.;

250 a| First edition.;

300 a| xlvi, 357 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 25 cm.;

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490 1 a| Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index.;

504 a| Discography: pages 349-351.;

505 0 a| "The bonnie bunch o' roses": traveller kith and kin -- "The lady o' the lake": childhood and courtship -- "A gift o' some kind": Jeemsie, Lizzie, and second sight -- "The flure o' ma family": Jeemsie -- "Intil the country": renewal and discovery -- "The pleasure of Scotland": fame -- "An' I nivir sung better": London and the MBE -- "A fine air and a good story": aesthetics -- "Farewell to my Jean": a singer's legacy -- Songs in part II -- About the songs -- Songs of childhood -- Songs of freedom -- Songs of social conflict -- Songs of love affirmed -- The humors of love -- Songs of love's ironies -- Songs of love denied -- Songs of fraught relationships.;

520 a| Combining biography, folklore, oral history, and ethnomusicology, this book explores the life and repertoire of the Scottish traditional singer Jeannie Robertson (1908-1975)--an artist whom Alan Lomax hailed as "a monumental figure in twentieth-century folksong." Utilizing numerous quotations from Robertson's own oral accounts of her life, the authors trace her career as a member of the marginal nomadic group in Northeast Scotland known as "travellers," whose origin is obscure. They explain the importance of traditional song in Robertson's family and community and include eighty of her songs, complete with musical notation.;

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Jeannie Robertson : emergent singer, transformative voice / James Porter, Herschel Gower.

Author/creator	Porter, James, 1937-
Other author	Gower, Herschel.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1995.
Description	xlvi, 357 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Robertson, Jeannie, 1908-1975. Folk singers--Scotland. --Biography.

Series	Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered) ^A234280
Contents	"The bonnie bunch o' roses": traveller kith and kin -- "The lady o' the lake": childhood and courtship -- "A gift o' some kind": Jeemsie, Lizzie, and second sight -- "The flure o' ma family": Jeemsie -- "Intil the country": renewal and discovery -- "The pleasure of Scotland": fame -- "An' I nivir sung better": London and the MBE -- "A fine air and a good story": aesthetics -- "Farewell to my Jean": a singer's legacy -- Songs in part II -- About the songs -- Songs of childhood -- Songs of freedom -- Songs of social conflict -- Songs of love affirmed -- The humors of love -- Songs of love's ironies -- Songs of love denied -- Songs of fraught relationships.
Abstract	Combining biography, folklore, oral history, and ethnomusicology, this book explores the life and repertoire of the Scottish traditional singer Jeannie Robertson (1908-1975)--an artist whom Alan Lomax hailed as "a monumental figure in twentieth-century folksong." Utilizing numerous quotations from Robertson's own oral accounts of her life, the authors trace her career as a member of the marginal nomadic group in Northeast Scotland known as "travellers," whose origin is obscure. They explain the importance of traditional song in Robertson's family and community and include eighty of her songs, complete with musical notation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 349-351.
LCCN	95004376
ISBN	0870499041

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