Southern fiddlers and fiddle contests:
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Main Author: Goertzen, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson University Press of Mississippi ©2008
Series:American made music series
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index
American fiddling of the past -- Modern fiddle contests : the competition itself -- Fiddle contests away from the stage -- Fiddlers across the South -- Styles and meanings in southern fiddling
Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of southern fiddle music. Goertzen traces fiddling and fiddle contests from mid-eighteenth-century Scotland to the modern United States. He takes the reader on journeys to the important large contests, such as those in Hallettville, Texas; Galax, Virginia; Weiser, Idaho; and also to smaller ones, including h
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 163 pages)
ISBN:9781604733310
1604733314
1604731222
9781604731224

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