Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

Name: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk MusicAmerica changed through music\nAuthor(s): Ross Hair, Thomas Ruys Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472479204, 978-1472479204\nSynopsis\nReleased in 1952, The Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith [tel]. A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured an eclectic and idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance music, gospel, and numerous other performances less easy to classify.\n\nWhere previous collections of folk music, both printed and recorded, had privileged field recordings and oral transmission, Smith purposefully shaped his collection from previously released commercial records, pointedly blurring established racial boundaries in his se.