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| Title | : | Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong (2d ed.) (Music in American Life) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.53 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252068815 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 768 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from John Henry and The Wabash Cannonball to Hell-Bound Train and Casey Jones, with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Why didn't I know about this book years ago? E. Mac An excellent book that I didn't know about until a friend recently told me about it. It is on a subject that interests me. I have been fascinated by railroads as long as I can remember(since the 1930s) and discovered folk songs in college, with a special interest in those a. Nothing else like it The best book I know of regarding railroad songs. The author is concerned with textual variants and transmission, performance & recording histories, as well as providing thumbnail sketches of some of the major musicians. Railroad history is also of course a major theme. Pho. WILLIAM H FULLER said A scholarly examination of railroad folksongs in America.. While humming "The Wabash Cannonball," which remains a popular tune even today, have you ever wondered about the phrase "She's the wondrous combination called the Wabash Cannonball"? What in the world does "combination" mean? Apparently, it means nothing more than that some
. He is also a Fulbright-Tocqueville scholar. He is a retired chemist and currently teaches physical science in Portland, Oregon. His previous book for Greenwood is Folk Music (2005).David Cohen is professor and Marjorie Crump Chair in social welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles. NORM COHEN is the author of Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong (1981) and Traditional Anglo-American Folk Music: An Annota
"Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap, he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, enthusiasm, and love to produce a major work on folk lore, folk song, and the railroads' pervasive impact on popular culture".-- Railroad History
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