American Antebellum Fiddling

by Chris Goertzen

Book Overview

This unique volume is the only book solely about antebellum American fiddling. It includes more than 250 easy-to-read and clearly notated fiddle tunes alongside biographies of fiddlers and careful analysis of their personal tune collections. The reader learns what the tunes of the day were, what the fiddlers' lives were like, and as much as can be discovered about how fiddling sounded then. Personal histories and tunes' biographies offer an accessible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496827287
• ISBN13: 9781496827289
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"