Southern fiddlers and fiddle contests / Chris Goertzen.
Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of southe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2008.
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| Series: | American made music series.
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| Summary: | Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of southern fiddle music. Goertzen traces fiddling and fiddle contests from mid-eighteenth-century Scotland to the modern United States. He takes the reader on journeys to the important large contests, such as those in Hallettville, Texas; Galax, Virginia; Weiser, Idaho; and also to smaller ones, including h. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 163 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604733310 1604733314 1282485806 9781282485808 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |