Post by Ptarmigan on May 8, 2008 17:54:00 GMT
Actually, in spite of the image promoted by early scholars, Appalachia was not settled only by Scots-Irish or other British peoples.
Settlers from a multiplicity of European ethnic groups populated Appalachia, including Germans, French Huguenots and East Europeans.
Appalachian Music
The term "Appalachian music" is in truth an artificial category, created and defined by a small group of scholars in the early twentieth century, but bearing only a limited relationship to the actual musical activity of people living in the Appalachian mountains.
Since the region is not only geographically, but also ethnically and musically diverse (and has been since the early days of European settlement there), music of the Appalachian mountains is as difficult to define as is American music in general."
"One of the most famous of the ballad hunters was Cecil Sharp.
He and others helped create an unassailable historical connection between some of the songs of Appalachia and those of the British Isles."
Appalachian Music
The term "Appalachian music" is in truth an artificial category, created and defined by a small group of scholars in the early twentieth century, but bearing only a limited relationship to the actual musical activity of people living in the Appalachian mountains.
Since the region is not only geographically, but also ethnically and musically diverse (and has been since the early days of European settlement there), music of the Appalachian mountains is as difficult to define as is American music in general."
"One of the most famous of the ballad hunters was Cecil Sharp.
He and others helped create an unassailable historical connection between some of the songs of Appalachia and those of the British Isles."
Appalachian Music Ulster American Folk Park