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SING IT PRETTY, A MEMOIR
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SING IT PRETTY, A MEMOIR
by Bess Lomax Hawes
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A leader in the development of state and federal programs supporting traditional arts and folk cultures, Hawes grew up with her father John Lomax and brother Alan in the first family of American folk music. Her compelling account of the folk music boom of the mid-twentieth century and the development of "public sector" folklore includes family friends Ruth Crawford Seeger and Carl Sandburg, fellow Almanac Singers Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and other musicians and artists. Whether teaching anthropology to college students, learning singing games from the Georgia Sea Island Singers, or directing the Folk and Traditional Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts, Hawes remains dedicated to preserving and appreciating the traditional cultures of America. 187 pp.
75-47 ..
$19.95
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