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Alan Lomax (/ ˈ l oʊ m æ k s /; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and
The earliest American folk music scholars were with the American Folklore Society (AFS), which emerged in the late 1800s. [75] Their studies expanded to include Native American music, but still treated folk music as a historical item preserved in isolated societies as well. [76]
John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) [1] was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess Lomax Hawes, also distinguished collectors of folk music.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Niles learned music theory from his mother, and began writing down folk music as a teenager.He became a serious student of Appalachian folk music by transcribing traditional songs from oral sources while an itinerant employee of the Burroughs Corporation in eastern Kentucky, from 1910 to 1917.
Stanley James Hugill (/ ˈ h j uː ɡ ɪ l /) (19 November 1906 – 13 May 1992) [1] was a British folk music performer, artist and sea music historian, known as the "Last Working Shantyman" and described as the "20th century guardian of the tradition". [1]
Gilbert Chase (4 September 1906, Havana, Cuba – 22 February 1992, Chapel Hill, North Carolina [1]) was an American music historian, critic and author, and a "seminal figure in the field of musicology and ethnomusicology." He was the maternal cousin of the writer and diarist Anais Nin.
American folk music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music. [ not verified in body ] The music is considered American either because it is native to the United States or because it developed there, out of foreign origins, to such a degree that ...
Two years later Trimble was touring with the Gin Mill Three, a folk group performing Kingston Trio-inspired music. During his travels he took the opportunity to visit a variety of historical sites and museums. While visiting the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Montana in 1968 Trimble made up his mind to become a western historian and writer. [3]