Up yon wide and lonely glen: Travellers' songs, stories and tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts
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Main Author: Stewart, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson University Press of Mississippi in association with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland 2012
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Elizabeth Stewart is a highly acclaimed singer, pianist and accordionist whose reputation has spread widely not only as an outstanding musician but as the principal inheritor and advocate of her family and their music. First discovered by folklorists in the 1950s, the Stewarts of Fetterangus, including Elizabeth's mother Jean, her uncle Ned, and her aunt Lucy, have had immense musical influence. Lucy in particular became a celebrated ballad singer and in 1961 Smithsonian Folkways released a collection of her classic ballad recordings that brought the family's music and name to an international
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Doon the Dukker -- Jean Stewart's dance band -- Aunt Lucy -- Binnorrie -- Song notes : Geordie Mcintyre
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 390 pages)
ISBN:9781617033094
161703309X

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