Alan Lomax (1915–2002)
Autor von The Land Where the Blues Began
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Born in Austin, Texas, and educated at Harvard University, the University of Texas, and Columbia University, American folklorist Alan Lomax is one of the most dedicated and knowledgeable folk-music scholars of the twentieth century. Lomax became interested in collecting and recording folk songs mehr anzeigen through the work of his father, John Avery Lomax, a curator at the Library of Congress and a pioneer in the field of folk music. After college, he toured prisons in the South, recording folk song performances for the Archive of American Song of the Library of Congress. During his travels, he met the great blues singer Huddie Ledbetter ("Leadbelly"). Lomax later became responsible for introducing radio audiences to a number of folk and blues artists, including Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives. Between 1951 and 1958, he traveled throughout Europe, recording hundreds of folk songs in England, Scotland, Italy, and Spain. His most important work is, perhaps, "The Folk Songs of North America" (1959). He also published a number of works with his father, including "American Ballads and Folk Songs" (1934) and "Folk Song: USA" (1946). In addition to his work with folk songs, Lomax was very interested in the historical and social origins of jazz, and he wrote a notable biography of the early jazzman Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton entitled "Mister Jelly Roll" (1950). (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Alan Lomax playing guitar on stage at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Lomax Collection
(REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsc-00433)
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Werke von Alan Lomax
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" (1950) 149 Exemplare
The rainbow sign, a southern documentary 6 Exemplare
61 Highway Mississippi: Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music (Southern Journey vol. 3) CD (1997) 5 Exemplare
Earliest Times : Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living (Southern Journey vol. 13) CD (2001) 5 Exemplare
Voices from the American South: Blues, ballads, hymns, reels, shouts, chanteys and work songs (Southern Journey vol.1)… (2000) 5 Exemplare
Songs of seduction — Performer — 4 Exemplare
Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know The Road? - Southern Music, Sacred And Sinful (Southern Journey vol. 6) CD 4 Exemplare
Harp of a Thousand Strings: All Day Singing from The Sacred Harp (Southern Journey vol. 9) CD (2000) 3 Exemplare
Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music (Southern Journey vol. 8) CD 3 Exemplare
American Folk Guitar: A Book of Instruction Including Chords and Lyrics of 15 Traditional Folk Songs (1957) 3 Exemplare
Georgia Sea Islands : Biblical Songs and Spirituals (Southern Journey vol. 12) CD (1998) 2 Exemplare
Deep River of Song: Black Texicans - Balladeers And Songsters of the Texas Frontier (1999) 2 Exemplare
Cantometrics 2 Exemplare
American Patchwork - Appalachian Journey 2 Exemplare
Deep River of Song: Mississippi - The Blues Lineage: Musical Geniuses of the Fields, Levees, and Jukes (1999) 2 Exemplare
And Glory Shone Around: More All Day Singing from The Sacred Harp (Southern Journey vol. 10) CD 2 Exemplare
Harriet and Her Harmonium: an American Adventure with Thirteen Folk Songs From the Lomax Collection (1956) 2 Exemplare
Penguin Book of American Folk Songs, The 2 Exemplare
...southern journey (7 disks) 2 Exemplare
Alan Lomax blues songbook 2 Exemplare
American folk song and folk lore;: A regional bibliography, (P.E.A. Service Center pamphlet) 2 Exemplare
Young Folk Song Book: Joan Baez-Bob Dylan-Jack Elliott-the Greenbriar Boys-the New Lost City Ramblers-Peggy Seeger (1963) 1 Exemplar
Afro-American blues and game songs 1 Exemplar
Scottish Drinking and Pipe Songs [CASSETTE] 1 Exemplar
Negro Work Songs & Calls [Rounder] 1 Exemplar
The roots of the blues 1 Exemplar
Caribbean Voyage - Nevis and St. Kitts: Tea Meetings, Christmas Sports, & The Moonlight Night. CD 1 Exemplar
English Folk Songs 1 Exemplar
Afro-American blues and game songs Bahaman songs : from the Archive of American Folk Song 1 Exemplar
The New Demesne 1 Exemplar
Caribbean voyage - Caribbean sampler. CD 1 Exemplar
Deep River of Song: Classic Louisiana Recordings - Cajun and Creole Music, Vol. 1 1934-1937 1 Exemplar
American patchwork - cajun country 1 Exemplar
American patchwork - jazz parades 1 Exemplar
Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home (2001) 1 Exemplar
Negro work songs and calls--CD 1 Exemplar
Deep River of Song: Mississippi - Saints and Sinners: From Before the Blues and Gospel (1999) 1 Exemplar
Negro religious songs and services 1 Exemplar
Roots Music: An American Journey (4 disc) 1 Exemplar
Italian Treasury: Sicily 1 Exemplar
Song - Jota 1 Exemplar
Negro Prison Blues and Songs. CD 1 Exemplar
The Ballad Operas: The Martins and The Coys 1 Exemplar
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Carry It On!: A History in Song and Picture of the Working Men and Women of America (1985) — Mitwirkender — 63 Exemplare
Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? The People of Johns Island, South Carolina - Their Faces, Their Words, and… (1966) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 43 Exemplare
Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie (1965) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 41 Exemplare
Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection (1984) — Vorwort — 20 Exemplare
Library of Congress Recordings — Interviewer/Liner Notes — 8 Exemplare
Never without a Song: The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952 (Music in American Life) (1995) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 7 Exemplare
Leadbelly. A collection of ... songs by H. Ledbetter. Edited by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. Hally Wood, music editor. (1959) — Herausgeber — 6 Exemplare
Four Symposia on Folklore. (Held at the Midcentury International Folklore Conference, Indiana University, 1950.) Edited (1976) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
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- Andere Namen
- LOMAX, Alan
- Geburtstag
- 1915-01-31
- Todestag
- 2002-07-19
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Sterbeort
- Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
- Wohnorte
- Austin, Texas, USA
Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
England, UK - Ausbildung
- Terrill School for Boys
Choate School
University of Texas at Austin (BA|Philosophy)
Harvard University
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania - Berufe
- folklorist
ethnomusicologist
archivist
historian
filmmaker
music producer (Zeige alle 9)
musician
radio host
photographer - Beziehungen
- Lomax, John A. (father)
Hawes, Bess Lomax (sister)
Ray, Nicholas (friend) - Organisationen
- Library of Congress
U.S. Army
CBS
BBC
Decca Records
Mutual Radio Network (Zeige alle 14)
Columbia Records
Alan Lomax and the Ramblers
Atlantic Records
Vanguard Records
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Smithsonian Folk Festival
The Association for Cultural Equity (founder)
People's Songs - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Phi Beta Kappa
Consultant to Carl Sagan for NASA's Voyager Golden Record
National Medal of Arts (1986)
Library of Congress Living Legend Award (2000)
Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy, Tulane University (2001)
Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement (posthumous, 2003)
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Mr Jelly Roll : den märkliga historien om Jelly Roll… von Alan Lomax
Jelly Roll Morton var en av pionjärerna inom jazzmusiken, som han hävdade att han själv uppfunnit. Han spelade in sin första skiva 1923. Många av hans kompositioner räknas som så kallade evergreens inom jazzen. Hans liv kantades av våld och tragedier, och han var absolut inte en "lydig" afro-amerikan...
Sheet music (and some folk lyrics without music). More songs collected by Lomax, c. 1941, but in this second volume more than half come with sheet music, plus anecdotes from the folks contributing the songs. Though I probably won't learn more than a couple of these songs (since I neither attend "play parties" or belong to a chain gang), I do feel like it's another national treasure of historical import.
songbook with historical commentary. Lots of union songs, some dustbowl songs, some tramp songs, some jailhouse blues. Great primary (and secondary) sources.
“El evangelio según Alan Lomax”, El País 12.06.2021: https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-06-12/el-evangelio-segun-alan-lomax.html
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