Tom Piazza

The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax: Words, Photographs, and Music

Buch

More than fifty years ago, on a trip dubbed the Southern Journey, Alan Lomax visited Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee, uncovering the little-known southern backcountry and blues music that we now consider uniquely American. Lomax's camera was a constant companion, and his images of both legendary and anonymous folk musicians complement his famous field recordings.These photographs-largely unpublished-show musicians making music with family and friends at home, with fellow worshippers at church, and alongside workers and prisoners in the fields. Discussions of Lomax's life and career by his disciple and lauded f… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Ferris, William (Solist) / Lomax, Alan (Fotogr.)

ISBN: 978-0-393-08107-7
EAN: 9780393081077
Produktnummer: 12647971
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 136 S.
Masse: H24.1 cm x B18.9 cm x D2.5 cm 710 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 710

Über den Autor

Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the great ethnomusicologists and field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century, recording thousands of songs throughout the United States and Europe.