Appalachian dulcimer traditions /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Ralph Lee, 1929- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1997. |
| Description: | ix, 167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American folk music and folk musicians ; no. 2 American folk music and musicians ; no. 2. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2796991 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1.. An American Heritage
- 2.. Dulcimer Ancestors and Cousins
- 3.. The Dulcimer in Virginia and the Melton Family
- 4.. The Pattern That Traveled on Horseback: Old West Virginia and North Carolina Traditions
- 5.. Dulcimers of Yesterday in the Cumberlands
- 6.. Dulcimer Makers of the Folk Revival Transition
- Appendix A. Measurements of Representative Instruments
- Appendix B. Fretting Pattern of the Ache Scheitholt
- Appendix C. Winners of the Dulcimer Contest, Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia
- Appendix D. Newspaper Story on Nineveh Presnell and His Dulcimer
- Appendix E. Ordering Dulcimers from Old-Time Makers
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author