Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World

produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995 (Folkways Records, 1956), 50 mins

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Field of Interest: World Music
Description: Here, singer and collector Paul Clayton performs fifteen texts collected in The Viking Book of Folk Ballads, including historical ballads to songs about tabloid crime. Rather than reproducing previous traditional singers' performances exactly, Clayton himself enters the "folk process" by combining texts and melodies from different versions of each ballad.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 50 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: Ballad Singing, American Folk
Label: Folkways Records
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995
Release Date: 1956
Subject: World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá