The Appalachian Dulcimer to 1940: A Census and Typology of Pre-Revival Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Fretted Zithers in the Upland South of the United States with an Analysis of Their Musical Intervals

Description

Volume one of this Ph.D. comprises an introduction and methodology chapter, outlining previous work in the field, current method and a preliminary morphology, with notes on terminology. The following chapter describes in detail the instruments, classified by the collector as types A-E, with also a summary and section on the typology chosen. Volume Two, The Census, contains photographs and data relating to instrument types A-D. Volume Three contains photographs and data for instruments type E, with appendices on informants, itinerary, recording methods, a list of instruments, summary tables, an index to accompany the tape recorded examples and suggestions for further research.

Metadata

Identifier fj4jcjzm
IRN 409909
Class Mark LAVC/SRP/1/013
Level File
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/fj4jcjzm
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations
Creator(s) Smith, Lloyd Allen
Date 1979
Size and Medium viii, 814 bound typed leaves; b/w, colour photographs. 3 volumes.

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