Friday, November 26, 2010

Collecting Folk Songs: An Art & A Science?

Episode 101 is available for download.
(1:11:33 minutes, 41.1 MB, MP3)

Professor Chalon Ragsdale of the University of Arkansas Department of Music examines the art and science of folk song collecting, using on the work of two collectors – Percy Grainger, who collected in England in the early 1900s, and Mary Celestia Parler, who collected in Arkansas in the mid-20th century. Recorded on October 20, 2010.

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