| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 181 p., [8] p. of plates ) |
| Series |
American made music series |
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American made music series.
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| Contents |
Master and pupil -- New York -- Early recordings -- Aspen interlude and life on the road -- The blacklist -- Dyer-Bennet Records -- The lovely milleress and Stony Brook -- The odyssey of Richard Dyer-Bennet -- The legacy of Richard Dyer-Bennet |
| Summary |
In the 1940s and '50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for the first time, the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the "Twentieth-Century Minstrel." Dyer-Bennet's approach to singing sounded almost foreign to many American listeners. The folk artist followed a musical tradition in danger of dying out. The Swede Sven Scholander was the last European proponent of minstrelsy and served as Dyer-Bennet's inspiration after the young singer traveled to Stockholm to meet him one year before Scholander's |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (p. 137-142), bibliographical references (p. 168-171), and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Dyer-Bennet, Richard
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| SUBJECT |
Dyer-Bennet, Richard fast |
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Dyer-Bennet, Richard. swd |
| Subject |
Folk singers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Folk & Traditional.
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Folk singers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021695079 |
| ISBN |
9781496800466 |
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149680046X |
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9781604733617 |
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1604733616 |
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