George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels and the History of American Fiddling

by Chris Goertzen

Book Overview

George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels (1839) was the first collection of southern fiddle tunes and the only substantial one published in the nineteenth century. Knauff's activity could not anticipate our modern contest-driven fiddle subcultures. But the fate of the Virginia Reels pointed in that direction, suggesting that southern fiddling, after his time, would happen outside of commercial popular culture even though it would sporadically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149682816X
• ISBN13: 9781496828163
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"