The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore
The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore

Author: Frank C. Brown

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1977-04-29

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 9780822302575

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Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and also levied on the previous collections made by friends and members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition.

The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore
The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore

Author: Newman Ivey White

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2013-07-23

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 0822382857

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Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and also levied on the previous collections made by friends and members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition.

Minstrel of the Appalachians
Minstrel of the Appalachians

Author: Loyal Jones

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0813148820

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It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would "cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song"—his Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress—but he did much more than acquire songs. He preserved and promoted the Appalachian mountain tradition for generations of people, founding in 1928 the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, an annual event that has shaped America's festival movement. Loyal Jones pens a lively biography of a man considered to be Appalachian music royalty. He also includes a "Lunsford Sampler" of ballads, songs, hymns, tales, and anecdotes, plus a discography of his recordings.