Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
11 results
for Dulcimer
Currently viewing results 1 - 11
|
PAGE
OF 1
|
Record #:
1103
Author(s):
Abstract:
The annual Appalachian Dulcimer Player Workshop has been held one week each summer at Appalachian State University since 1978.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
35683
Author(s):
Abstract:
He was a living anachronism to many living in Banner Elk and Boone. For people regarding Appalachia as timelessly valuable, Edd Presnell was living testimony. As for how he contributed to this lifeway’s persistence, it could be perceived in the handmade dulcimers he sold during his visit to the State Fair and wood he burned when oil was too expensive.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
11256
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lowder describes the work and creations of Ed Presnell and his wife who make dulcimers and banjoes at their mountain home between Banner Elk and Vilas.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
5591
Author(s):
Abstract:
The musicians are well known. Lesser known are craftsmen who make their instruments. Leonard Glenn of Watauga County received a 1992 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for building traditional mountain banjos and dulcimers.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p61-63
Periodical Website
Record #:
4096
Author(s):
Abstract:
Leonard Glenn was one of the great builders of banjos and dulcimers. He was also an expert performer on them. In his Laurel Creek workshop, he created instruments that brought orders from all over the country. In 1992, he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for continuing the traditional building of mountain instruments.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p93-94, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Record #:
16462
Author(s):
Abstract:
The Appalachian, mountain, or plucked dulcimer is not the same instrument as one called by that name in the Bible. Nor is it the trapezoidal harp-like forerunner of the piano described in Webster's Dictionary. The mountain dulcimer seems an entirely homogeneous and unique handmade creation, distinct from any other stringed musical instrument.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966,
p26-31, f
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Record #:
10345
Author(s):
Abstract:
Bob Gernandt moved to the mountains from Durham over thirty years ago. He taught himself how to build dulcimers, at first using local woods, like walnut and cherry. As he became more successful, his woods expanded to Hawaiian koa and Oregon myrtle and native wood, like maple and spruce. Hammond discusses his work and his creations beyond dulcimers.
Source:
Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 5, Oct 2008,
p170-172, 174-176, il, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
9478
Author(s):
Abstract:
Hance discusses the development of the dulcimer in the mountains of North Carolina and the craftsmen who make them today.
Source:
Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 5, Oct 2007,
p172-174, 176, 178, 180, il, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
10832
Author(s):
Abstract:
The Appalachian, mountain, or plucked dulcimer--the adjectives are interchangeable--is not the same instrument as one called by that name in the Bible (Daniel 3:5). Nor is it the trapezoidal harp-like forerunner of the piano, as described in Webster's Dictionary. The mountain dulcimer is an entirely homogenous and unique handmade creation, distinct from any other stringed instrument. The mountain dulcimer, with two to eight strings, most commonly three, large tuning pegs and a fretted fingerboard, has a borrowed name but is a decidedly original instrument that was very likely spontaneously developed in the Appalachian Mountain region.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
40689
Author(s):
Abstract:
Profiled is one of North Carolina’s top hammered dulcimer makers. Through his craftsmanship, Jerry Read Smith helps to keep interest in this instrument, related the mountain dulcimer and featured in songs by bands like the Doors, alive.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
37423
Author(s):
Abstract:
The dulcimer, often associated with Western North Carolina, found places other than the region’s lumber mills and was found long before the nineteenth century. Introduced in Europe by returning Crusaders, its origins can be traced back to Greece and the Near East.
Source:
Subject(s):