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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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