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* ''Folk Songs of North America'', New York: Doubleday, 1960.
 
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* editor, with Moses Asch, ''The Leadbelly Songbook'', intro. Moses Asch, New York: Oak Publications, 1962.
 
* editor, with Moses Asch, ''The Leadbelly Songbook'', intro. Moses Asch, New York: Oak Publications, 1962.
* editor, ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/get.php?md5=5ED7907D0E8E401168740C319BA5BE39 The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs]'', Penguin, 1965.
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* 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]
 
* ''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.
 
* 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.
 
* ''Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music: Audiocassettes and a Handbook'', University of California Media Extension Center, 1976.
* ''[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/log/?p=7673 The Land Where the Blues Began]'', New York: New Press, 1993, 539 pp.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7673 The Land Where the Blues Began]'', New York: New Press, 1993, 539 pp.
* with John A. Lomax, ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/get.php?md5=75548d3f614c8adc78e5a9fff606cd9b American Ballads and Folk Songs]'', Dover, 1994. Music and lyrics for over 200 songs.
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* 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://{{SERVERNAME}}/log/?p=3868 Selected Writings, 1934-1997]'', ed. Ronald D. Cohen, Routledge, 2003, 363 pp.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=3868 Selected Writings, 1934-1997]'', ed. Ronald D. Cohen, Routledge, 2003, 363 pp.
 
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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
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
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