Jeannie Robertson
emergent singer, transformative voice
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Gower, Herschel. - Contributor
Publication
1995 - University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee
Language
English
Word Count
89,250 words, Guess
Page Count
357 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1273029M
- ISBN-100870499041
- OCLC Control Number32396190
- OCLC Control Numberjeannierobertson0000port
- Library of Congress Control Number95004376
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- Goodreads3048124
Classifications
- DDC782.42162/9163/0092
- LCCML420.R72 P67 1995
Description
Combining biography, folklore, oral history, and ethnomusicology, this book explores the life and repertoire of the Scottish traditional singer Jeannie Robertson (1908-1975) - an artist whom Alan Lomax hailed as "a monumental figure in twentieth-century folksong.". Utilizing numerous quotations from Robertson's own oral accounts of her life, James Porter and Herschel Gower trace her career as a member of the marginal nomadic group in Northeast Scotland known as "travellers," whose origin is obscure. They explain the importance of traditional song in Robertson's family and community and include eighty of her songs, complete with musical notation.
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Series Statement
- Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series
Other Editions
- Jeannie Robertson: emergent singer, transformative voice
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