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245 15 a| "The music of American folk song" and selected other writings on American folk music /c| Ruth Crawford Seeger ; edited by Larry Polansky with Judith Tick ; with a historical introduction by Judith Tick, and forewords by Pete, Mike, and Peggy Seeger.;

260 a| Rochester, NY :b| University of Rochester Press,c| 2001.;

300 a| liv, 156 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Eastman studies in music,x| 1071-9989 ;v| [17];

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The salvation of writing things down / Judith Tick -- A note on transcription: The singer and the song -- Phonographic recording of the song -- Transcription of the song from phonographic recording versus dictation direct from folk singer, player or intermediary -- Transcription through graph notation -- The reader and the song -- Music notation as a bridge -- Three basic types of transcription illustrated -- Song-norm -- Majority usage -- Underlimits of amount of detail shown in notation, esp. the simpler singing styles -- The model tune as representative of the song as a whole -- The initial tune as a model tune -- The composite tune -- The transcriber and a changing oral tradition -- Nnotes on the songs and on manners of singing: Adherence to a dynamic level throughout the song -- Adherence to a dramatic level throughout the song -- Adherence to the tempo set at the beginning of the song -- Infrequency of long ritardandos from the beginning to the end of the song -- Infrequency of short stereotyped ritardandos at ends of phrases and stanzas -- Strict time and free singing styles -- Pulse and count -- Anticipation and delay of beat -- Simple and compound meter -- Metrical irregularities: prolongation and contraction of measure: Extended tone and the extended or inserted rest -- Underlimit of metrical irregularity shown in these notations -- Metrical irregularities -- Rest -- Phrase pattern: Number of measures to a phrase -- Number of phrases to the stanza -- Interstanzaic variation -- Manners of accommodating extra syllables of succeeding stanzas -- Tone attack and release -- Intonation -- Scale and mode -- Accompaniment -- The Songs -- List of unpublished transcriptions in the Lomax family archives -- Amazing grace / Pisgah transcriptions from George Pullen Jackson's White and Negro Spirituals -- Selected other writings on American folk music -- Pre-school children and American folk music (late 1940s?) -- Keep the song going! (1951) -- Review of John N. Work's American Negro Songs for Mixed Voices (1948).;

520 a| This book provides stunning insights into Ruth Crawford Seeger's little known and foundational contribution to the study of folk song. Seeger's descriptive analysis of traditional American musical-performance qualities can serve as a workbook for translating between different languages and musics.;

650 0 a| Folk musicz| United Statesx| History and criticism.=| ^A136350;

650 0 a| Musical notation.=| ^A18890;

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650 0 a| Field recordingsx| History.=| ^A868428;

700 1 a| Polansky, Larry,d| 1954-2024e| editor.=| ^A510770;

700 1 a| Tick, Judith,e| editor.=| ^A162525;

830 0 a| Eastman studies in music ;v| vol. 17.=| ^A494093;

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"The music of American folk song" and selected other writings on American folk music / Ruth Crawford Seeger ; edited by Larry Polansky with Judith Tick ; with a historical introduction by Judith Tick, and forewords by Pete, Mike, and Peggy Seeger.

Author/creator	Seeger, Ruth Crawford
Other author	Polansky, Larry, 1954-2024 editor.
Other author	Tick, Judith, editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2001.
Description	liv, 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Folk music--United States. --History and criticism. Musical notation. Oral tradition--United States. Field recordings--History.

Series	Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; [17] Eastman studies in music ; vol. 17. ^A494093
Contents	The salvation of writing things down / Judith Tick -- A note on transcription: The singer and the song -- Phonographic recording of the song -- Transcription of the song from phonographic recording versus dictation direct from folk singer, player or intermediary -- Transcription through graph notation -- The reader and the song -- Music notation as a bridge -- Three basic types of transcription illustrated -- Song-norm -- Majority usage -- Underlimits of amount of detail shown in notation, esp. the simpler singing styles -- The model tune as representative of the song as a whole -- The initial tune as a model tune -- The composite tune -- The transcriber and a changing oral tradition -- Nnotes on the songs and on manners of singing: Adherence to a dynamic level throughout the song -- Adherence to a dramatic level throughout the song -- Adherence to the tempo set at the beginning of the song -- Infrequency of long ritardandos from the beginning to the end of the song -- Infrequency of short stereotyped ritardandos at ends of phrases and stanzas -- Strict time and free singing styles -- Pulse and count -- Anticipation and delay of beat -- Simple and compound meter -- Metrical irregularities: prolongation and contraction of measure: Extended tone and the extended or inserted rest -- Underlimit of metrical irregularity shown in these notations -- Metrical irregularities -- Rest -- Phrase pattern: Number of measures to a phrase -- Number of phrases to the stanza -- Interstanzaic variation -- Manners of accommodating extra syllables of succeeding stanzas -- Tone attack and release -- Intonation -- Scale and mode -- Accompaniment -- The Songs -- List of unpublished transcriptions in the Lomax family archives -- Amazing grace / Pisgah transcriptions from George Pullen Jackson's White and Negro Spirituals -- Selected other writings on American folk music -- Pre-school children and American folk music (late 1940s?) -- Keep the song going! (1951) -- Review of John N. Work's American Negro Songs for Mixed Voices (1948).
Abstract	This book provides stunning insights into Ruth Crawford Seeger's little known and foundational contribution to the study of folk song. Seeger's descriptive analysis of traditional American musical-performance qualities can serve as a workbook for translating between different languages and musics.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2001035576
ISBN	158046095X (alk. paper)

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