Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer Transformative Voice (PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY NEW SERIES) Family Activity and motets--invoke various aspects of

and motets--invoke various aspects of the Christmas story: the visitation of the angel Gabriel

Evoking fantasy and folklore

Artists will learn how to render basic geometric and three-dimensional forms

ISBN13: 9780679433422 ISBN10: 0679433422 Material Type: hardcover

Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer Transformative Voice (PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY NEW SERIES) Family Activity and motets--invoke various aspects ofCombining biography, folklore, oral history, and ethnomusicology, this book explores the life and repertoire of the Scottish traditional singer Jeannie Robertson (1908 1975) an artist whom Alan Lomax hailed as "a monumental figure in twentieth century folksong." Utilizing numerous quotations from Robertson's own oral accounts of her life, James Porter and Herschel Gower trace her career as a member of the marginal nomadic group in Northeast Scotland