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John Blauvelt Allison (January 13, 1893 – October 1981) [1] [2] was an American artist, singer, composer, lyricist, and collector of folk songs.His collection of correspondence, radio scripts, clippings, scrapbooks, brochures, published music, and unpublished sound recordings is housed at the New York Public Library.
John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) [1] was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax , John Lomax Jr. and Bess Lomax Hawes , also distinguished collectors of folk music.
Anthology of American Folk Music is a three-album collection, released in 1952 by Folkways Records, of eighty-four recordings of American folk, blues and country music made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers.
The Music Division's director Carl Engel announced in April 1928 that the Library of Congress would appoint the folk song collector Robert Winslow Gordon as the archive's first director and explained the archive's scope as “a national collection of folk song … to ensure their preservation and to recognize the value of the folk heritage.” [1] In the Library of Congress’ annual report ...
American Folk & Gambling Songs (1956, Camden Record LP) Sings American Folk Songs (RCA Camden LP) 50th Anniversary Album (RCA Camden LP) An Evening With John Jacob Niles (1959, Tradition Records LP; 2002, Empire Musicwerks) John Jacob Niles Sings Folk Songs (1964, Folkways Records LP) The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 – Vol. 2 (1967, Folkways ...
John A. Lomax Jr. in the 1930s. John A. Lomax Jr. (June 14, 1907 – December 12, 1974) [1] was an American folklorist, performer, and land developer. He co-founded the Houston Folklore & Music Society and contributed to the preservation and publication of folklore and folk music during the 20th century, continuing the work of his father and brother.
Cotton-Eyed Joe", performed by John and Ruby Lomax (1939). Ruby Terrill Lomax (1886 – December 28, 1961) was an American educator and folklorist, who worked with her husband John A. Lomax to collect American folk songs, [1] campaigned for women's education, and was Dean of Women at University of Texas at Austin.
John Greenway (15 December 1919 – 15 October 1991) was born Johannes Groeneweg in Liverpool, England. He was a noted author, singer and scholar who focused on American folk songs of protest . Academic career