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For years fiddlers and folklorists have prized the old-time fiddle tunes from Kentucky. Jeff Todd Titon places the tunes in their historical context, provides biographical sketches of the performers, and offers suggestions for contemporary fiddlers who want to use the book for performance.

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An admirable encyclopedic digest of the lore of an important folk tradition...colorful and revealing. - Jim Birchfield

Table of Contents
Prologue Lewis and Clark The Mountain Men The Plains Indians Gold and Silver The Missionaries Trails West The Military in the West Settlement in the Interior Epilogue

OldTime Kentucky Fiddle Tunes

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    A Hardback by Jeff Todd Titon


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      Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
      Publication Date: 05/10/2001
      ISBN13: 9780813122007, 978-0813122007
      ISBN10: 0813122007
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      For years fiddlers and folklorists have prized the old-time fiddle tunes from Kentucky. Jeff Todd Titon places the tunes in their historical context, provides biographical sketches of the performers, and offers suggestions for contemporary fiddlers who want to use the book for performance.

      Trade Review
      An admirable encyclopedic digest of the lore of an important folk tradition...colorful and revealing. - Jim Birchfield

      Table of Contents
      Prologue Lewis and Clark The Mountain Men The Plains Indians Gold and Silver The Missionaries Trails West The Military in the West Settlement in the Interior Epilogue

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