Ronald D. Cohen (1940–2023)
Auteur van Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated History of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
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Ronald D. Cohen is the author of numerous books on folk music, including: Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970, Folk Music: The Basics, A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States. He is also the editor of Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997, as well toon meer as (with Bob Riesman) Chicago Folk: Images of the Sixties Scene-The Photographs of Raeburn Flerage. He is Emeritus Professor of History, Indiana University Northwest. toon minder
Werken van Ronald D. Cohen
Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated History of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (1998) 57 exemplaren
Work and Sing: A History of Occupational and Labor Union Songs of the United States (2010) 7 exemplaren
Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s (Music in American Life) (2014) 6 exemplaren
Wasn't That a Time!: Firsthand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival (American Folk Music and Musicians Series Number 1) (1995) 3 exemplaren
A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States: Feasts of Musical Celebration (American Folk Music and… (2008) 2 exemplaren
Child-Saving and Progressivism, 1885-1915 1 exemplaar
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- Officiƫle naam
- Cohen, Ronald Dennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Cohen, Ron D.
- Geboortedatum
- 1940-08-03
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2023-01-03
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Gary, Indiana, USA
- Opleiding
- University of California, Berkeley (Bx)
University of Minnesota (PhD | History) - Beroepen
- historian
professor - Organisaties
- Indiana University Northwest
Calumet Regional Archives (cofounder)
Steel Shavings magazine (cofounder)
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- Werken
- 17
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 175
- Populariteit
- #122,547
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 43
The book's well researched and told well. It covers the background of the folk "revival" of the early 1960s well, and doesn't entirely dismiss the work done by the popularizers who dominated what Seeger called "The Folk Scare." And it mentions--and examines--many contributors to folk music's (popularity? existence? I can't find the right word) from the 40s through the 60s. But it keeps returning to Pete and Izzy. And it pretty much ignores the fact that folk music survived, and still has both an audience and performers.
What the book doesn't do is put the music and the period into a useful context. That it briefly became part of the Popular Music Machine is important; so is the way that machine works. And there's no acknowledgement that although that machine damages most everything it touches, most of those musicks manage to survive, pretty much unharmed, after the machine moves elsewhere.
In fact, we need a book that explicitly addresses those issues. It's part of our cultural reality. This isn't that book.
This book's worth reading, and certainly you'll learn from it. I just found its emphasis a little misguided.
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Had some fun reading about Ralph Rinzler, here. Ralph's role in the bluegrass community is similar to his folk community involvement, but he seems to have been more important to the bluegrassers. Hadn't realized that he'd worked in both genres; I'm guessing he didn't separate the roles.… (meer)