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Long Steel Rail
Norm Cohen
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Description for Long Steel Rail
Paperback. An authoritative source on Railroad Folksong. This book provides a discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. It contains a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones". Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1448.
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252068812
SKU
V9780252068812
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Ref
99-1
About Norm Cohen
Norm Cohen worked for the Chemical Kinetics Department at the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles. His books include American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and son and teaches chemistry and folk music part time.
Reviews for Long Steel Rail
Winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 1982. "Norm Cohen's anthology of railroad folksongs will delight anyone smitten with the romance of the rails."
Newsday "A masterpiece."
American Music "Meticulously researched and clearly written, Long Steel Rail is now the sourcebook for American railroad folksongs."
New York Folklore "Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap; he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, ... Read more
Newsday "A masterpiece."
American Music "Meticulously researched and clearly written, Long Steel Rail is now the sourcebook for American railroad folksongs."
New York Folklore "Norm Cohen has not only filled a gap; he has applied mature scholarship, historical sensibility, ... Read more