Item Detail
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Vernon, Paul
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Ethnic and vernacular music, 1898-1960 : a resource and guide to recordings
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Book
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Discographies ; no. 62
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Westport, Conn.
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1995
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Greenwood Press
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xxii, 344 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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0313295530; 9780313295539
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Folk music--Discography.
Folk music--History and criticism. -
Sound Recordings; Folk Music; Ethnic Music; Vernacular Music
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ML 156.4 .F5 V47 1995
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Vernon, Paul. Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960: A Resource and Guide to Recordings. Discographies, Number 62. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995.
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Guide to early ethnic and vernacular music on 78 rpm recordings to expand current knowledge of musical form.
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Lists recordings of music of this type in various formats. Information regarding companies, record labels and bibliographies are available. Intended for musicians with this interest, or even record collectors.
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Divided into four major sections. Chapter one contains information on company names for 78 rpm records, lists of reissues on CD, bibliography and footnotes. Chapter two lists alphabetically and numerically major European record company prefixes and series. Chapter three includes details of the known reissues. This makes it possible to sample music of a particular country or region. Chapter four will allow one to look up words and terms from the record labels, sleeves ad catalogues.
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Completes a previously lacking area in ethnic music research.
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Work is considered in-progress; much information is yet to be compiled.
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Studwell, William E. Music Reference Services Quarterly 5, no. 1 (1996): 61-62.
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BYU Mus Ref
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512