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for "Folk music"
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35298
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In life, Cecil Sharp was an avid collector of folksongs, particularly from the mountains of North Carolina. His background in musicology from Cambridge University in England aided him in publishing many works about preserving indigenous folklore.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Nov 1969,
p161-162
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35901
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Folk ballads served their purpose for a time before a large percentage of the general population allowed them to be superseded by more modern amusements. Ballads change over time; typically in the manner they are received.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1990,
p13-24
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35582
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A collection of popular songs and rhymes sung by children.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Apr 1973,
p4-9
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Record #:
35088
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From his memory, the author relates some stories and lines from songs from his time as a student at Chapel Hill. They relate to college sports and some of the professors.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Dec 1955,
p27-30
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Record #:
35360
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Two folk songs from the mountains about which plants make what color dyes.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969,
p95-96
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Record #:
35619
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Created in the mid-1820s, an anthology of songs, passed down the family line until Mr. Abrams bought it in 1937, was the start of a quest to find the song tunes by Mr. Abrams.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Sept 1973,
p132-146, il
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Record #:
35456
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A list of musical recordings that was originally compiled to help educators teach folklore.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971,
p99-104
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Record #:
35973
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While orality and literacy is not the only dialectic involved in producing changes to oral tradition, the author applied the interdependence of orality and literacy to the transmission of ballads to a family in Madison County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 42 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1995,
p1-34, il, bibl
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Record #:
4957
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Susan Newberry, Executive Director of PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, and co-worker, Sarah Beth Woodruff, promote and present traditional musicians. PineCone, headquartered in Raleigh, brings touring acts to the Triangle and showcases local and regional musicians. Van Vleck discusses the origin and goals of the organization.
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35259
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This article is about Frank Proffitt and his relatives who loved to collect and play folk ballads. It includes several stanzas of the ballad “Dandoo,” and a picture copy of “Bo Lankin.”
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966,
p12-20
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Record #:
35266
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This is a brief overview of the Old Time Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove, which was held Easter weekend and run by the Van Hoy family.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967,
p18-20
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Record #:
35904
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Important contributions of African banjo tradition influenced Southern music in the genre of lively lyric and rhythmically complex, banjo songs and in the old-time string band tradition—an ensemble that honors democratic interaction and the synthesis between the Celtic-American fiddle and the African American banjo traditions.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 2, Summer-Fall 1990,
p73-80
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Record #:
4808
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From the mountains to the coast, traditional music is alive and well in North Carolina, with numerous festivals highlighting fiddlers and other stringed instrumentalists, dancers, and singers. Gatherings include Fiddler's Grove, now in its 76th year at Union Grove; OcraFolk Festival on Ocracoke Island; Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention; and the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, stared in 1927 and held in Asheville.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 20, May 2000,
p35-37, il
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35540
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In a letter written to the editor, Lunsford asks for assistance in finding out more about a song, “Rosin the Bow,” that his father used to sing.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p118-119
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Record #:
35673
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Horton Barker, a folk singer from Virginia, interviewed with the author about his life and folk singing. Several manuscripts came from the interaction, and the ballads are written out at the end of the article.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974,
p141-153, por
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