Jeannie Robertson : emergent singer, transformative voice
Porter, James, 1937-1995
Books, Manuscripts
Main title:
Jeannie Robertson : emergent singer, transformative voice / James Porter, Herschel Gower.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1995.
Collation:
xlvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-348) and index.Discography, p. 349-351.
Contents:
Contents, "The bonnie bunch o' roses" , traveller kith and kin -- "The lady o' the lake" ,childhood and courtship -- "A gift o' some kind" , Jeemsie, Lizzie, and second sight -- "The flure o' ma family" , Jeemsie -- "Intil the country" , renewal and discovery -- "The pleasure of Scotland" , fame -- "An' nivir sung better" , London and the MBE -- "A fine air and a good story" , aesthetics -- "Farewell to my Jean" , a singer's legacy -- Songs in part II -- About the songs -- Songs of childhood, 1-12 -- Songs of freedom, 13-22 -- Songs of social conflict, 23-32 -- Songs of love affirmed, 33-45 -- The humors of love, 46-55 -- Songs of love's ironies, 56-65 -- Songs of love denied, 66-74 -- Songs of fraught relationships, 75-80.
ISBN:
08704990419780870499043
Dewey class:
782.421629163092
LC class:
ML420.R72
Language:
English
BRN:
754005
Bookmark link:
More Information: