TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 3
Introduction to American Musical Traditions ........ Jeff Todd Titon xiii
Introduction .............................. Burt Feintuch 1
1. Anglo-American Ballads and Folk Songs in Vermont ......... Jennifer C. Post 6
2. Pittsburg, New Hampshire: Reconstructing a Community Tradition ......... Jennifer C. Post 13
House Dances and Kitchen Rackets ....... Nicholas Hawes 18
3. A Brief Social History of Fiddling in New England ...... Paul F. Wells 22
4. Cape Breton Music in Boston, Massachusetts ....... Burt Feintuch 39
5. Square Dance and Square Dance Music in Western New York State ....... James W. Kimball 44
6. Early Shaker Spirituals ....... Daniel W. Patterson 50
7. Music of the Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia ........ Jeff Todd Titon 57
8. Primitive Baptist Singing in the Southern Appalachians .............. Beverly Bush Patterson 61
9. Ballad Singing in Madison County, North Carolina ........ Beverly Bush Patterson 66
10. New Strings on the "Old Harp": The 1991 Revision of The Sacred Harp ....... John Bealle 71
Alabama's Four Shape-Note Books ......... John Bealle 76
12. Music Traditions of the Okefenokee Region of Southeast Georgia and Northwest Florida ......... Laurie Kay Sommers 83
13. Adam Manly Reece: An Early Banjo Player of Grayson County, Virginia ....... Andy Cahan 87
14. Uncle Wade: A Memorial to Uncle Wade Ward, Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker ..... Eric Davidson and Jane Rigg 94
15. Country Music in Tennessee: From Hollow to Honky-Tonk ........ Joe Wilson 101
Uncle Dave Macon ........ Norman Tinsley 103
16. Down Yonder: Old-Time String Band Music from Georgia ......... Art Rosenbaum 108
17. "A Peculiar Wiggling of the Bow": Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama ........ Joyce Cauthen 115
18. The Autoharp in Old-Time Southern Music .......... Mike Seeger 122
Some Pioneering Autoharp Virtuosi .......... Mike Seeger 124
19. Bluegrass ........... Jeff Todd Titon 132
The Mother of Bluegrass Gospel .......... Erin Kellen 134
20. Music at Bill's Pickin' Parlor in the South Carolina Midlands ....... Pat Ahrens and Jane Przybysz 138
21. Bluegrass Music in Minnesota ....... Philip Nusbaum 142
22. Bluegrass and Old-Time on the Front Range ....... Brenda M. Romero 145
23. Music of the Ark-La-Tex ........ Michael Luster 150
24. Western Swing ......... Guy Logsdon 155
The Texas Playboys and Johnny Gimble ....... Nick Spitzer 157
25. Old-Time Dance Fiddling in the Northwest ........ Vivian Williams 160
Weiser, Idaho......... Vivian Williams 161
IRISH AMERICAN MUSIC
26. Irish Traditional and Popular Musics in the United States ....... Rebecca S. Miller 163
27. Irish Traditional Music in Chicago .......... L. E. McCullough 170
Liz Carroll........ Nick Spitzer 172
28. Irish Music from Cleveland .......... Richard Carlin 177
29. Music Traditions of Beaver Island, Michigan ........ Laurie Kay Sommers 184
Recent Bibliography/Discography/Videography........... Jennifer C. Post 188
Glossary........................... 193
Index.............................. 211
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUMES 1,2,4, AND 5
VOLUME 1: NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC
Introduction to American Musical Traditions .......... Jeff Todd Titon xiii
Introduction ............ Thomas Vennum, Jr. 1
1. Music Holds the People Together ............ H. F. "Pete" Gregory 8
2. Where the Ravens Roost: Songs and Ceremonies of Big Cove ................... Michael Kline 15
3. Seneca Social Dance Music .............. Mary Frances Riemer 19
Seneca Longhouse Songs ............. Nick Spitzer 24
4. Pueblo Musical Communities ............. Brenda M. Romero 27
5. Yaqui Music .............. James S. Griffith 31
6. O'odham Music ................ James S. Griffith 36
7. Navajo Songs, Drums, and Fiddles ................ Nick Spitzer 40
Hopi Music .............. Jacob Coin 42
8. Songs of the Peoples of the North American Plains .............. Mary Jo Ruggles 46
9. Music of the Pawnee .............. Gene Weltfish 51
10. The Intertribal Powwow in Oklahoma ........... Gloria A. Young 60
11. Cherokee Hymn Singing in Oklahoma .............. Charlotte Heth 68
12. A Historical Introduction to Blackfoot Indian Music .......... Bruno Nettl 72
13. Turtle Mountain Chippewa ............. Nicholas Curchin Peterson Vrooman 82
14. First Nations Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) ......... Ida Halpern (revised by Paula Conlon) 86
15. Music of the Gwich'in Indians of Alaska ............... Craig Mishler 98
Yupik Dancing .............. Ann Fienup-Riordan 102
16. The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country ................ Thomas Vennum, Jr. 106
Red Thunder ................ Nick Spitzer 114
17. Reggae Rhythms Speak to an Insular Tribe .............. Bruce Weber 117
Recent Bibliography/Discography/Videography ............... Jennifer C. Post 121
Glossary............................ 127
Index.......................... 145
VOLUME 2: AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
Introduction to American Musical Traditions ................. Jeff Todd Titon xiii
Introduction ............ David Evans 1
1. Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina ........... Cece Conway and Scott Odell 6
Portraits and Visits ............. Cece Conway and Scott Odell 8
2. The Chantey Tradition of the Menhaden Fishery ................ Michael Luster 14
3. Music and Dance in Cape Verdean American Communities in Southern New England .............. Susan Hurley-Glowa 19
4. The Gandy Dancer Speaks: Voices from Southern Black Railroad Gangs ................. Maggie Holtzberg 24
5. Afro-American Folk Music from Tate and Panola Counties, Mississippi .............. David Evans 30
6. Virginia Traditions: Non-Blues Secular Black Music ............. Kip Lornell 42
7. These Things Are Precious: Piedmont Blues ............ Barry Lee Pearson 49
Blues............ Jeff Todd Titon 52
8. Tennessee Blues and Gospel: From Jug Band to Jubilee ............. David Evans and Richard M. Raichelson 59
Robert Johnson, Blues Musician .................... Robert Jr. Lockwood 63
9. Wisdom of the Blues ................. Willie Dixon 68
Wortham's Musical Treasure ................. David Gaskin 70
10. The McIntosh County Shouters: Slave Shout Songs from the Coast of Georgia ............ Art Rosenbaum 76
A Conversation with Lawrence McKiver ............. Art Rosenbaum 80
11. Judge Jackson and the Colored Sacred Harp ................... Henry Willett 85
12. Gospel Quartets in Birmingham, Alabama ................... Doug Seroff 89
13. Washington, D.C./Gospel Music City, U.S.A.: State of the Art ................... Pearl Williams-Jones 96
14. Good News for the Motor City: Black Gospel Music in Detroit .................. Joyce M. Jackson and James T. Jones, IV 101
15. The Song Culture of the Civil Rights Movement ............... Bernice Johnson Reagon 105
Chicago's Roebuck "Pops" Staples ................ Nick Spitzer 110
16. Music in Black Urban Culture .................. Bernice Johnson Reagon 115
17. Street Dancing, "Rapping," and DJ Mixing: Traditional African American Performance and Contemporary Urban Culture ............ Lee Ellen Friedland 119
18. Chicago Blues ...................... Jeff Todd Titon 124
Recent Bibliography/Discography/Videography................ Jennifer C. Post 128
Glossary .................. 139
Index .................... 157
VOLUME 4: EUROPEAN AMERICAN MUSIC
Introduction to American Musical Traditions ................. Jeff Todd Titon xiii
Introduction .................... Philip Nusbaum 1
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN EUROPEAN—ACADIAN/FRENCH MUSIC
1. French Traditions: Their History and Continuity in North America ................. Winnie Lambrecht 5
2. French Canadian Music in Rhode Island .................. Henry S. Hample 15
3. Franco-American Music and Dance Traditions Vermont and New Hampshire ................. Jennifer C. Post 19
4. Music of Southern Maine French Canadian Communities .................. James Bau Graves 25
5. Cajun Music ................. Barry Jean Ancelet 31
Boozoo Chavis................ Nick Spitzer 34
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN EUROPEAN—ITALIAN MUSIC
6. Traditional Music of the Calabrian (Southern Italian) Immigrant Communities in the United States ................ Rebecca S. Miller 40
7. Italian Folk Music in New York and New Jersey ................ Anna Chairetakis 45
GERMAN/EASTERN EUROPEAN MUSIC
8. German Folk Music and the Old-Time Orchestra in Minnesota ...................... LaVern J. Rippley 49
9. German American Singing Societies in the Ohio Valley .............. Alan Burdette 54
10. Deep Polka: Dance Music from the Midwest .................... Richard March 61
11. Minnesota Polka Music .............. Philip Nusbaum 70
12. Music of the Polish Górale Community in Chicago ................. Timothy J. Cooley 72
13. Czech Music in Wisconsin ..................... James P. Leary 77
14. South Slavic American Musical Traditions .................... Richard March 83
15. Don Lipovac: Button Box Accordion ..................... Jennie A. Chinn and Carl R. Magnuson 86
Croatian Tamburitza........................ Nick Spitzer 89
16. Hungarian Folk Music in the United States ............... László Kürti 91
17. Yiddish Music in the United States ................ Henry Sapoznik 99
NORTHERN EUROPEAN MUSIC
18. From Sweden to America .................... Ulf Beijbom, Uno Myggan Ericson, Marta Ramsten (translated by Robert Carroll) 107
19. Norwegian Traditional Music in Minnesota ............... Philip Nusbaum 112
Harry Johnson................. Washington State Arts Council 114
20. Finnish Music in Superiorland ................. James P. Leary 117
Recent Bibliography/Discography/Videography .............. Jennifer C. Post 122
Glossary ............................... 127
Index .............................. 145
VOLUME 5: LATINO AMERICAN MUSIC AND ASIAN AMERICAN MUSIC
Introduction to American Musical Traditions ............... Jeff Todd Titon xiii
Introduction ................ Tom Van Buren 1
LATINO AMERICAN MUSIC
1. Caribbean Music in New York City .................. Ray Allen 7
2. Cuban Music in New York City ................... Lise Waxer 12
3. Puerto Rican Music in New York City ............ Lise Waxer 18
4. Dominican Music in New York City ................ Paul Austerlitz 26
5. Caribbean Percussion Traditions in Miami .................. Stephen Stuempfle 30
6. Trinidadian Music in New York City .................... Ray Allen 36
7. Trinidadian Percussion Traditions in Miami .............. Stephen Stuempfle 42
Brazilian Music in Newark ................. Kristan Schiller 44
8. Latino Musical Communities in Colorado and New Mexico ............... Brenda M. Romero 49
Traditional Hispanic Dance Music .............. Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie 52
9. La Música de los Viejitos: The Hispano Folk Music of the Rio Grande del Norte ................ Jack Loeffler 59
10. The Texas-Mexican Conjunto ................... Manuel Peña 63
Border Conflict and Identity .................. Américo Paredes 64
11. Mexican Mariachi ............................ Nick Spitzer 69
Los Campesinos de Michoacán.................. Nick Spitzer 71
12. Mariachi Conferences and Festivals in the United States ................... Mark Fogelquist 72
ASIAN AMERICAN MUSIC
13. Music Cultures of Hawai'i ................. Andrew N. Weintraub 76
14. Japanese American Music in California ............ Susan M. Asai 88
15. Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest ................. Midori Kono Thiel 94
16. Seattle Kokon-Taiko: Rhythm, Movement, and Spirit ................ Joan Rabinowitz 96
Zhentian Zhang .................. Nick Spitzer 97
Liang-xing Tang ................... Nick Spitzer 98
17. Songs in Circles: Gujaratis in America ............. Gordon Thompson 100
18. Diwali in Seattle: The Joyous Traditions Continue ................. Joan Rabinowitz 104
Prabha Rustagi: A Dancer of Tales................ Joan Rabinowitz 106
19. T. Viswanathan ................... Meriam Lobel 109
20. Brave New Worlds: Mindanoan Kulintang Music and Cambodian Classical Dance in America .................... David Roche 117
21. Cambodian Culture and Community in America .................. Sam-Ang Sam 123
22. Talking Reeds and Singing Voices: Music from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam ................ Amy Catlin 127
23. Folklore and the Vietnamese Community in the United States ............. Maxine Miska 132
24. Traditional Hmong Music in the United States ................ Clifford Sloane 135
25. The Hmong New Year: The Family and the Festival ............ Blia Xiong 139
26. Music and Migration: Chinese American Traditional Music in New York City ................ Su de San Zheng 142
27. Music Making in Cultural Displacement: The Chinese American Odyssey ............... Su de San Zheng 154
Recent Bibliography/Discography/Videography .................. Jennifer C. Post 166
Glossary ......................... 173
Index ............................ 191
