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The Ballad Mongers: Rise of the Modern Folk Song by Oscar Brand β€ Funk & Wagnalls 1962
The Ballad Mongers: Rise of the Modern Folk Song by Oscar Brand Funk & Wagnalls 1962
Title: The Ballad Mongers: Rise of the Modern Folk Song
Author: Oscar Brand
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls 1962
LCCN: 62-18324
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 X 1.25 * 240 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket panels: Oscar Brand-folk song performer and impresario extraordinary - here presents a rollicking account of the historical development and present-day status of an ancient art.
On the way, he touches on folk music's encounters with payola, the blacklist, the popular song industry, the purists, and the
censors.
What are folk songs? Who creates them? Who owns them? Who sings them? Who listens to them?
All these questions and many more are answered here as the transformation of a simple rural folk art into a nation-wide industry is chronicled.
Here you will learn what various immigrant groups have contributed to the American songbag, and what the principal sources of our repertory and style have been.
Fascinating accounts of the major figures the American folk song saga enliven the story-names like Lomax, Ives, Leadbelly, Seeger, The Weavers, Belafonte, and many others.
The involvement-real and attributed- of folk singers in political controversies is gone into fully, and ranges from matters as serious as the blacklist to such opΓ©ra bouffe problems as singing on the grass.
This is an entertaining and informative treatment that deals sympathetically but critically with one of the more surprising phenomena of our generation.
Overall Condition: Ex-Library with usual extras and markings. The book has been read but is in good condition. It has a protective book covering. The dust jacket is included with front panel taped to last leaf. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.13 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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Title: The Ballad Mongers: Rise of the Modern Folk Song
Author: Oscar Brand
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls 1962
LCCN: 62-18324
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 X 1.25 * 240 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket panels: Oscar Brand-folk song performer and impresario extraordinary - here presents a rollicking account of the historical development and present-day status of an ancient art.
On the way, he touches on folk music's encounters with payola, the blacklist, the popular song industry, the purists, and the
censors.
What are folk songs? Who creates them? Who owns them? Who sings them? Who listens to them?
All these questions and many more are answered here as the transformation of a simple rural folk art into a nation-wide industry is chronicled.
Here you will learn what various immigrant groups have contributed to the American songbag, and what the principal sources of our repertory and style have been.
Fascinating accounts of the major figures the American folk song saga enliven the story-names like Lomax, Ives, Leadbelly, Seeger, The Weavers, Belafonte, and many others.
The involvement-real and attributed- of folk singers in political controversies is gone into fully, and ranges from matters as serious as the blacklist to such opΓ©ra bouffe problems as singing on the grass.
This is an entertaining and informative treatment that deals sympathetically but critically with one of the more surprising phenomena of our generation.
Overall Condition: Ex-Library with usual extras and markings. The book has been read but is in good condition. It has a protective book covering. The dust jacket is included with front panel taped to last leaf. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.13 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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