Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction (Revised)

by Bruno Nettl and Helen Myers

Book Overview

An introduction to the study of folk music as a kind of music and as an aspect of human culture.

Folk Music in the United States gives readers a broad overview of many kinds of folk music found in this country, from the songs of rural Appalachia an d New England through the indigenous music of the American Indians and the African music brought by slaves, to the folk songs of European minorities. It traces the way folk music lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814315577
• ISBN13: 9780814315576
• Release Date: February 1976
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"