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245 10 a| With fiddle and well-rosined bow :b| old-time fiddling in Alabama /c| Joyce H. Cauthen.;

300 a| xii, 282 pages :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliography (pages 233-269) and index.;

505 0 a| The fiddle in Alabama history -- Modest masters of fiddle and bow: the "particulars" of old-time fiddling -- Alabama's brag fiddlers -- Fiddling the buttons off their sleeves: celebrations, square dances, and fiddlers' conventions -- Fiddling and associated sins -- Appendix 1: Old-time tunes played in Alabama ; Appendix 2: Winners of fiddlers' conventions as reported in Alabama newspapers.;

520 a| Relying on extensive archival research and on sixty interviews with fiddlers and their families and friends, the author tells the rich, full story of old-time fiddling in Alabama. Writing of life in the Alabama Territory in the late 1700s, A. J. Pickett, the state's first historian, noted that the country abounded in fiddlers, of high and low degree. After the defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1813, the number of fiddlers swelled as settlers from the southern states surrounding Alabama claimed the land. The music they played was based on tunes brought from Ireland, Scotland, and England, but in Alabama they developed their own southern accent as their songs became the music of celebration and relaxation for the state's pioneers. Early in the 20th century such music began to be called "old-time fiddling," to distinguish it from the popular music of the day, and the term is still used to distinguish that style from more modern bluegrass and country fiddle styles. In With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow, the author focuses on old-time fiddling in Alabama from the settlement of the state through World War II. He shows the effects of events, inventions, ethnic groups, and individuals upon fiddlers' styles and what they played. He gives due weight to the "modest masters of fiddle and bow" who were stars only to their families and communities. The fiddlers themselves tell why they play, how they learned without formal instruction and written music, and how they acquired their instruments and repertoires. The author also tells the stories of "brag" fiddlers such as D. Dix Hollis, Y. Z. Hamilton, Charlie Stripling, "Fiddling" Tom Freeman, "Monkey" Brown, and the Johnson Brothers whose reputations spread beyond their communities through commercial recordings and fiddling contests. Described in vivid detail are the old-style square dances, Fourth of July barbeques and other celebrations, and fiddlers' conventions that fiddler shave reigned over throughout the state's history.;

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With fiddle and well-rosined bow : old-time fiddling in Alabama / Joyce H. Cauthen.

Author/creator	Cauthen, Joyce H., 1944-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1989.
Description	xii, 282 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Subjects	Fiddlers--Alabama. Fiddle tunes--Alabama. --History and criticism. Folk music--Alabama. --History and criticism. Folk dance music--Alabama. --History and criticism.

Contents	The fiddle in Alabama history -- Modest masters of fiddle and bow: the "particulars" of old-time fiddling -- Alabama's brag fiddlers -- Fiddling the buttons off their sleeves: celebrations, square dances, and fiddlers' conventions -- Fiddling and associated sins -- Appendix 1: Old-time tunes played in Alabama ; Appendix 2: Winners of fiddlers' conventions as reported in Alabama newspapers.
Abstract	Relying on extensive archival research and on sixty interviews with fiddlers and their families and friends, the author tells the rich, full story of old-time fiddling in Alabama. Writing of life in the Alabama Territory in the late 1700s, A. J. Pickett, the state's first historian, noted that the country abounded in fiddlers, of high and low degree. After the defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1813, the number of fiddlers swelled as settlers from the southern states surrounding Alabama claimed the land. The music they played was based on tunes brought from Ireland, Scotland, and England, but in Alabama they developed their own southern accent as their songs became the music of celebration and relaxation for the state's pioneers. Early in the 20th century such music began to be called "old-time fiddling," to distinguish it from the popular music of the day, and the term is still used to distinguish that style from more modern bluegrass and country fiddle styles. In With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow, the author focuses on old-time fiddling in Alabama from the settlement of the state through World War II. He shows the effects of events, inventions, ethnic groups, and individuals upon fiddlers' styles and what they played. He gives due weight to the "modest masters of fiddle and bow" who were stars only to their families and communities. The fiddlers themselves tell why they play, how they learned without formal instruction and written music, and how they acquired their instruments and repertoires. The author also tells the stories of "brag" fiddlers such as D. Dix Hollis, Y. Z. Hamilton, Charlie Stripling, "Fiddling" Tom Freeman, "Monkey" Brown, and the Johnson Brothers whose reputations spread beyond their communities through commercial recordings and fiddling contests. Described in vivid detail are the old-style square dances, Fourth of July barbeques and other celebrations, and fiddlers' conventions that fiddler shave reigned over throughout the state's history.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliography (pages 233-269) and index.
LCCN	87038080
ISBN	0817304037
ISBN	9780817304034

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