| Description |
xv, 371 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration, map, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index. |
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"Sound recordings of John Jacob Niles's music": pages 341-353. |
| Contents |
Overture : sunrise in Clark County -- The families gather at the river -- The move to rural Jefferson County -- Independence and adventure -- Jack Niles goes off to war -- Life after the war -- Creating a life in the Big Apple -- Kerby and Niles present folk music on the concert stage -- Doris Ulmann -- Transitions and new beginnings -- Life in Lexington -- Settled in Kentucky -- Dean of American balladeers -- Consolidation of a life in music -- Do not go gentle -- Coda. |
| Summary |
"The enigmatic figure of John Jacob Niles, collector, songwriter, composer, and scholar, receives its due in this new biography from Pen (director, John Jacob Niles Ctr. for American Music, Univ. of Kentucky)." --Library Journal. |
| Subject |
Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980.
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Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. |
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Singers -- Kentucky -- Biography.
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Singers. |
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Kentucky. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Composers -- Kentucky -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780813125978 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0813125979 hardcover alkaline paper |
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