{"product_id":"harry-smiths-anthology-of-american-folk-music-america-changed-through-music-paperback","title":"Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music: America Changed Through Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss Hair\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eThomas Ruys Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1952, the\u003cem\u003e Anthology of American Folk Music \u003c\/em\u003ewas the singular vision\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (1923-1991). A\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecollection of eighty-four\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecommercial recordings of American\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003evernacular and folk\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emusic originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the \u003ci\u003eAnthology \u003c\/i\u003efeatured an eclectic\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emusic, gospel, and numerous other performances less easy to classify.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere previous collections of folk music, both printed and recorded, had privileged field recordings and oral transmission, Smith purposefully shaped his collection from previously released commercial records, pointedly blurring established racial boundaries in his selection and organisation of performances. Indeed, more than just a ground-breaking collection of old recordings, the \u003ci\u003eAnthology \u003c\/i\u003ewas itself a kind of performance on the part of its creator.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the six decades of its existence, however, it has continued to exert considerable influence on generations of musicians, artists, and writers. It has been credited with inspiring the North American folk revival-\"The \u003ci\u003eAnthology \u003c\/i\u003ewas our bible\", asserted Dave Van Ronk in 1991, \"We all knew every word of every song on it\"-and with profoundly influencing Bob Dylan. After its 1997 release on CD by Smithsonian Folkways, it came to be closely associated with the so-called Americana and Alt-Country movements of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Following its sixtieth birthday, and now available as a digital download and rereleased on vinyl, it is once again a prominent icon in numerous musical currents and popular culture more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book devoted to such a vital piece of the large and complex story of American music and its enduring value in American life. Reflecting the intrinsic interdisciplinarity of Smith's original project, this collection contains a variety of new perspectives on all aspects of the \u003ci\u003eAnthology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoss Hair\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRonald Johnson's Modernist Collage Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and \u003ci\u003eAvant-Folk: Small Press Poetry Networks from 1950 to the Present \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). His essays on modern American and British poetry have appeared in, among other publications, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of British and Irish Innovative\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTexas Studies in Literature and Language\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Ruys Smith is Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRiver of Dreams: Imagining the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMississippi Before Mark Twain \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), and S\u003ci\u003eouthern Queen: New Orleans in the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNineteenth Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2011). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eBlacklegs, Card Sharps and\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eConfidence Men: Nineteenth-Century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMississippi River Gambling Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), and, with Sarah Churchwell, \u003ci\u003eMust Read: Rediscovering American\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBestsellers, from\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Temple to The Kite Runner \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738359402559,"sku":"9781138318298","price":130.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9a8cda85fd67a5a504dcffef106af943.webp?v=1765153044","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/harry-smiths-anthology-of-american-folk-music-america-changed-through-music-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}