Finding the Singing Spruce
Musical Instrument Makers and Appalachia's Mountain Forests
$81.00
- Paperback
227 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2023
Summary
Environment, craft, and meaning in the work of Appalachian instrument makers.
How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instruments, Finding the Singing Spruce considers the meanings of work, place, and c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781959000006 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1959000004 |
| Author: | Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth |
| Publisher: | West Virginia University Press |
| Imprint: | West Virginia University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 227 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Sounding Appalachia |
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Critics Review
Finding the Singing Spruce is a nuanced academic contribution to both human and environmental Appalachian studies—but it is also a collection of accessible stories about people, places, and instruments. Waugh-Quasebarth’s experiences, ideas, and work will interest West Virginians, instrument makers, musicians, scholars from various fields of music and culture, and aficionados alike.” —Aaron Allen, coeditor of Current Directions in Ecomusicology: Music, Culture, Nature
Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth
Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth teaches folklore studies at the Ohio State University.
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