Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi - Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018 (Hardcover)

In 2015 University Press of Mississippi published Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin to critical acclaim and commercial success. Roughly half of Mississippi's rich, old-time fiddle tradition was documented in that volume and Harry Bolick has spent the intervening years working on this book, its sequel. Beginning with Tony Russell's original mid-1970s fieldwork as a reference, and later working with Russell, Bolick located and transcribed all of the Mississippi 78 rpm string band recordings. Some of the recording artists like the Leake County Revelers, Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers, and Narmour & Smith had been well known in the state. Others, like the Collier Trio, were obscure. This collecting work was followed by many field trips to Mississippi searching for and locating the children and grandchildren of the musicians. Previously unheard recordings and stories, unseen photographs and discoveries of nearly unknown local fiddlers, such as Jabe Dillon, John Gatwood, Claude Kennedy, and Homer Grice, followed. The results are now available in this second, companion volume, Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018. Two hundred and seventy musical examples supplement the biographies and photographs of the thirty-five artists documented here. Music comes from commercial recordings and small pressings of 78 rpm, 45 rpm, and LP records; collectors' field recordings; and the musicians' own home tape and disc recordings. Taken together, these two volumes represent a delightfully comprehensive survey of Mississippi's fiddle tunes.

General

Imprint:	University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Made Music Series
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Harry Bolick • Tony Russell
Contributors:	T. DeWayne Moore • David Evans • Joyce H. Cauthen
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 47mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-1-4968-3579-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical scores, lyrics & libretti Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > General Books > Music > Musical scores, lyrics & libretti
LSN:	1-4968-3579-4
Barcode:	9781496835796

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