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Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes

By Titon, Jeff Todd

Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes Arts & Music

Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes

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" For years fiddlers and folklorists have prized the old-time fiddle tunes from Kentucky. Many of the most outstanding country music artists hail from the state, including Bill Monroe, widely regarded as the founder of bluegrass music. Even Aaron Copland lifted, note-for-note, a Kentucky fiddler's performance of "Bonaparte's Retreat" for the "Hoedown" section of his ballet Rodeo. That tune and nearly 200 others are transcribed here, most for the first time. They are taken from recordings of Kentucky fiddlers, many of whom were born before 1900, practitioners of a style of playing now extremely rare. Jeff Todd Titon places the tunes in their historical context, provides biographical sketches of the performers, and offers suggestions for contemporary fiddlers who want to use the book for performance. A compact disc of recordings is also included.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2001-10-05
Publication Date:
2001-10-05
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0813122007
ISBN13:
9780813122007
Weight:
862 g
Height:
185 cm
Width:
264 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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