Play of a fiddle : traditional music, dance, and folklore in West Virginia / Gerald Milnes.

Play of a Fiddle gives voice to people who steadfastly hold to and build on the folk traditions of their ancestors. While encountering the influences of an increasingly overwhelming popular culture, the men and women in this book follow age-old patterns of folklife and custom, making their own music...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Milnes, Gerald (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Edition:Paperback edition.
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Summary:Play of a Fiddle gives voice to people who steadfastly hold to and build on the folk traditions of their ancestors. While encountering the influences of an increasingly overwhelming popular culture, the men and women in this book follow age-old patterns of folklife and custom, making their own music and dance in celebration of them. Shedding new light on a region that maintains ties to the cultural identities of its earliest European and African inhabitants, Gerald Milnes shows how folk music in West Virginia borrowed rhythmic, melodic, and vocal forms from the Celtic, Anglo, Germanic, and Af.
Physical Description:1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813147673
0813147670
0813133564
9780813133560
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.