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Minstrel of the Appalachians : the story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford Cover Image Book

Minstrel of the Appalachians : the story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford / by Loyal Jones ; music transcribed by John M. Forbes.

Jones, Loyal, 1928- (Author). Forbes, John M. (Added Author).

Summary:

It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song His Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress; but he did much more than acquire songs. He preserved and promoted the Appalachian mountain tradition for generations of people, founding in 1928 the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, which still thrives.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0913239119
  • ISBN: 9780913239117
  • Physical Description: xiv, 249 pages
  • Publisher: Boone, N.C. : Appalachian Consortium Press, 1984.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A compilation of Lunsford's music" : p. 193-249.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: page

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Subject:
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1882-1973.
Folk singers > Appalachian Region, Southern > Biography.
Folk music > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk songs, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Genre:
Biographies.

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Madison Main Library BIO LUNDSFORD JON (Text) 30229101096757 Adult Biography Available -
Madison Main Library GEN_BIO LUNSFORD JON (Text) 30229100506038 Genealogy Available -
Mars Hill Library REF BIO LUN JON (Text) 30229101008885 Local History Nonfiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library GR B LUNSFORD (Text) 50503008601140 Genealogy Available -
Cumberland Headquarters RNC B LUNSFORD (Text) 31781007735432 Local History Reference Available -
Danbury Public Library 784.4 JON (Text) 30672000130674 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Elkin Public Library 784.4 JON (Text) 30499000357879 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Forsyth Central NC B Lunsford, Bascom (Text) 0112501485935 North Carolina Collection Noncirculating -
Government and Heritage Library 784.4924 L963J (Text) 33091002396885 Adult Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library R NC Lunsford B J77M (Text) 30519002917089 North Carolina Room Adult Reference Available -
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