Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music: America Changed Through Music

by Thomas Ruys Smith

Book Overview

Released in 1952, the Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (1923-1991). A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured an eclectic and idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138318299
• ISBN13: 9781138318298
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"