Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997

Contents

• I. 1934-1950: The Early Collecting Years Introduction by Ed Kahn
• 1. "Sinful" Songs of the Southern Negro
• 2. Haitian Journey
• 3. Music in Your Own Back Yard
• 4. Songs of the American Folk
• 5. Preface: Our Singing Country
• 6. 14 Traditional Spanish Songs from Texas
• 7. Reels and Work Songs
• 8. Mister Ledford and the TVA
• 9. America Sings the Saga of America
• 10. Folk Music in the Roosevelt Era II. The 1950s: World Music Introduction by Andrew L.Kaye and Matthew Barton
• 11. Tribal Voices in Many Tongues
• 12. Making Folklore Available
• 13. Galician Music
• 14. Italian Folk Music
• 15. The Folk Song of Italy
• 16. Folk Song Style: Notes on a Systematic Approach to the Study of Folk Song
• 17. Skiffle: Why Is It So Popular? and Where Is It Going?
• 18. Folk Song Style
• 19. Saga of a Folksong Hunter III. The Folk Revival (1960s) Introduction by Ronald D.Cohen
• 20. The "Folkniks"-and the Songs They Sing
• 21. Leadbelly's Songs
• 22. Bluegrass Background: Folk Music with Overdrive
• 23. Getting to Know Folk Music
• 24. Folk Song Traditions Are All Around Us
• 25. The Good and the Beautiful in Folksong IV. Cantometrics and Cultural Equity: The Academic Years Introduction by Gage Averill
• 26. Song Structure and Social Structure
• 27. Choreometrics: A Method for the Study of Cross-cultural Pattern in Film
• 28. Appeal for Cultural Equity
• 29. Cinema, Science, and Cultural Renewal V. Final Writings
• 30. The Global Jukebox
• 31. Preface to the 1993 Edition of Mr. Jelly Roll
• 32. Sounds of the South
• 33. Brown Girl in the Ring
• 34. Introduction to Katharine D.Newman, Never Without a Song: The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952