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− | + | Alan Lomax (31 January 1915 – 19 July 2002) was an American field collectors of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker. | |
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− | [[ | + | ; Documentary film |
+ | * [http://www.folkstreams.net/film,109 The Land Where the Blues Began], dir. John M. Bishop, Alan Lomax and Worth W. Long, 1979. | ||
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+ | ; Publications | ||
+ | * ''The Rainbow Sign'', New York: Duell, Sloan and Pierce, 1959. | ||
+ | * ''Folk Songs of North America'', New York: Doubleday, 1960. | ||
+ | * editor, with Moses Asch, ''The Leadbelly Songbook'', intro. Moses Asch, New York: Oak Publications, 1962. | ||
+ | * editor, ''[http://libgen.rs/get.php?md5=5ED7907D0E8E401168740C319BA5BE39 The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs]'', Penguin, 1965. | ||
+ | * ''Folk Song Style and Culture'', Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1968. [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbAiCa0GBjMC&printsec=frontcover] | ||
+ | * editor, with Raoul Abdul, ''3000 Years of Black Poetry'', New York: Dodd Mead Company, 1969; Fawcett, 1971. | ||
+ | * ''Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music: Audiocassettes and a Handbook'', University of California Media Extension Center, 1976. | ||
+ | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7673 The Land Where the Blues Began]'', New York: New Press, 1993, 539 pp. | ||
+ | * with John A. Lomax, ''[http://libgen.rs/get.php?md5=75548d3f614c8adc78e5a9fff606cd9b American Ballads and Folk Songs]'', Dover, 1994. Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. | ||
+ | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=3868 Selected Writings, 1934-1997]'', ed. Ronald D. Cohen, Routledge, 2003, 363 pp. | ||
+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lomax#Bibliography More] | ||
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+ | ; Links | ||
+ | * http://research.culturalequity.org/home-audio.jsp | ||
+ | * http://www.pbs.org/pov/lomax/ | ||
+ | * http://www.media-generation.com/Articles/Lomax/lomaxVAR.pdf | ||
+ | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lomax | ||
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+ | [[Series:Ethnomusicology|Lomax, Alan]] |
Latest revision as of 13:39, 3 December 2022
Alan Lomax (31 January 1915 – 19 July 2002) was an American field collectors of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker.
- Documentary film
- The Land Where the Blues Began, dir. John M. Bishop, Alan Lomax and Worth W. Long, 1979.
- Publications
- The Rainbow Sign, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pierce, 1959.
- Folk Songs of North America, New York: Doubleday, 1960.
- editor, with Moses Asch, The Leadbelly Songbook, intro. Moses Asch, New York: Oak Publications, 1962.
- editor, The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs, Penguin, 1965.
- Folk Song Style and Culture, Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1968. [1]
- editor, with Raoul Abdul, 3000 Years of Black Poetry, New York: Dodd Mead Company, 1969; Fawcett, 1971.
- Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music: Audiocassettes and a Handbook, University of California Media Extension Center, 1976.
- The Land Where the Blues Began, New York: New Press, 1993, 539 pp.
- with John A. Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs, Dover, 1994. Music and lyrics for over 200 songs.
- Selected Writings, 1934-1997, ed. Ronald D. Cohen, Routledge, 2003, 363 pp.
- More
- Links