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Alan Lomax

Born

in Austin, The United States

January 31, 1915

Died

July 19, 2002

Genre

Blues, Folk Music

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Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a musician himself, as well as a folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker.

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	The Land Where the Blues Began 4.31 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 1993 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" by Alan Lomax, Lawrence Gushee (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1950 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Folk Songs of North America in the English Language by Alan Lomax (Compilation), Matyas Seiber (Collaborator), Don Banks (Collaborator) 4.79 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1960 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People by Alan Lomax (Compiler), Woody Guthrie (Introduction), John Steinbeck (Foreword) 4.36 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1967 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie by Alan Lomax (Foreword), Ron Pen (Foreword), Jean Ritchie 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	3000 Years of Black Poetry: An Anthology really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Song Style and Culture 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1968 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs by Alan Lomax (Compiler & Editor), Elizabeth Poston (Piano Arrangements) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1964 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'anno più felice della mia vita: Un viaggio in Italia 1954-1955 by Alan Lomax, Anna Lomax Wood (Contributor), Goffredo Plastino (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brown Girl in the Ring: An Anthology of Song Games from the Eastern Caribbean by Alan Lomax, J.D. Elder, Bess Lomax Hawes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes ... but in the everyday folds who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies.”
― Alan Lomax

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“The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes . . . but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies.”
― Alan Lomax

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“The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies”
― Alan Lomax

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