Jane Hicks Gentry a Singer Among Singers

""Winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians Award Jane Hicks Gentry lived her entire life in the remote, mountainous northwest corner of North Carolina and was descended from old Appalachian families in which singing and storytelling were part of everyday life. Gentry took this tr...

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Autor principal: Smith, Betty N. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky 1998.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34715630*spi
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Meet Jane Hicks Gentry; 1. An Introduction; 2. The Hickses and the Harmons; 3. From Watauga to Madison; 4. Plantin' and Hoein' on Meadow Fork; 5. Moving to Town; 6. The Writer Meets the Storyteller; 7. Old Counce, Jane, and the Jack Tales; 8. Balladry; 9. The Songs She Sang; 10. Riddles and Rhymes; 11. Time Passes; 12. Epilogue; Part II: Jane Hicks Gentry's Jack Tales; Photo Section; Part III: Jane Hicks Gentry's Songs; A note on the Song Transcriptions John Forbes; Appendixes.
  • Appendixe A: Song Listings in the Sharp and Bronson CollectionsAppendixe B: Discography of Maud Gentry Long; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.