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  • American Antebellum Fiddling by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    American Antebellum Fiddling

    This unique volume is the only book solely about antebellum American fiddling. It includes more than 250 easy-to-read and clearly notated fiddle tunes alongside biographies of fiddlers and careful analysis of their personal tune collections. The reader learns what the tunes of the day...
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  • Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling

    The Texas Panhandle's frontier days were fresh in memory when fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-1975) arrived. Cowboys still worked on ranches in the 1910s but barbed-wire fences abounded too. Robertson pursued a continually evolving strategy to profit from the feverish transformation of living history into...
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  • Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling

    The Texas Panhandle's frontier days were fresh in memory when fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-1975) arrived. Cowboys still worked on ranches in the 1910s but barbed-wire fences abounded too. Robertson pursued a continually evolving strategy to profit from the feverish transformation of living history into...
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  • George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels and the History of American Fiddling by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels and the History of American Fiddling

    George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels (1839) was the first collection of southern fiddle tunes and the only substantial one published in the nineteenth century. Knauff's activity could not anticipate our modern contest-driven fiddle subcultures. But the fate of the Virginia Reels pointed in that...
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  • Made in Mexico: Tradition, Tourism, and Political Fermant in Oaxaca by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    Made in Mexico: Tradition, Tourism, and Political Fermant in Oaxaca

    This book concerns the aesthetic, political, and socio-political aspects of tourism in Southern Mexico, particularly in the state of Oaxaca. Tourists seeking "authenticity" buy crafts and festival tickets, and spend even more on travel expenses. Indeed, when the income from tourism falters, southern Mexico's...
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  • Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts

    What do exotic area rugs, handcrafted steel-string guitars, and fiddling have in common today? Many contemporary tradition bearers embrace complexity in form and content. They construct objects and performances that draw on the past and evoke nostalgia effectively but also reward close attention. In...
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  • Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts

    What do exotic area rugs, handcrafted steel-string guitars, and fiddling have in common today? Many contemporary tradition bearers embrace complexity in form and content. They construct objects and performances that draw on the past and evoke nostalgia effectively but also reward close attention. In...
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  • Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests by Goertzen, Chris
    Chris Goertzen

    Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests

    Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests explores the phenomenon of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences, musicians, traditions, and the future of...
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