| Description |
x, 299 p. : ill., music. |
| Series |
American musicspheres |
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American musicspheres.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan Music and Dance Scene ; The "Balkanites" ; Why Balkan? -- Part II: Folk dancing and turn-of-the-century America ; Folk dancing and the settlement movement ; Folk dancing and the physical education and recreation movements -- Part III: International folk dancing from the 1930s and 1950s ; Dance and be merry ; Emergence of the new folk dance leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman ; Folk dance as a national trend -- Part IV: 1950s and beyond ; International folk dance and the "Balkan craze" ; The rise of the Balkan scene -- conclusion. |
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Key to selections on DVD: p. 297-298; Key to selections on CD: p. 299. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Folk music -- Balkan Peninsula -- History and criticism.
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Music -- United States -- Balkan influences.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
019517867X (alk. paper) |
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9780195178678 (alk. paper) |
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