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Folk Music

by Bruce E. Baker and Carole Watterson Troxler, 2006
Additional research provided by Wiley J. Williams.

See also:"Ballad of Tom Dooley"; Mountain Dance and Folk Festival; Southern Folklife Collection.

Folk Music- Part 1: Introduction; Folk Music- Part 2: Ballads and Balladists of North Carolina; Folk Music- Part 3: People and Trends in North Carolina Folk Music; Folk Music- Part 4: References

Part 4: References

Bertrand Harris Bronson, The Ballad as Song (1969).

Louis W. Chappell, Folk-Songs of Roanoke and the Albemarle (1939).

Tristram P. Coffin, The British Traditional Ballad in North America (1977).

Wayne Erbsen, Front Porch Old-Time Songs, Jokes and Stories (1993).

Loyal Jones, Minstrel of the Appalachians: The Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1984).

Dorothy Scarborough, A Song Catcher in Southern Mountains: American Folk Songs of British Ancestry (1937).

 

Subjects: 
Culture
Music
Musicians
Authors: 
Baker, Bruce E.
Troxler, Carole Watterson
Williams, Wiley J.
From: 
Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.

1 January 2006 | Baker, Bruce E.; Troxler, Carole Watterson; Williams, Wiley J.

Comments

Submitted by ejwall (not verified) on Fri, 12/06/2013 - 23:58
Comment: 

Do you know of a ballad from approx. area of Pamplico Co. about 'Lil' Lydia Harper? Sing to grandchildren in 1930s?

Submitted by Mike Childs on Mon, 12/09/2013 - 09:49
Comment: 

Hi, thanks for writing.

I am forwarding your question to our reference services for them to assist you:  http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact.html

T. Mike Childs, NCpedia, N.C. Government & Heritage Library.

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