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THE LIFE OF S. ROSE is translated from the French of Father Jean Baptist Feuillet, a Dominican friar, and Missionary Apostolic in the Antilles; the copy which has been followed is the third edition, published at Paris in 1671, the year of her canonization by Clement X.
Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586—24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe...
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North Florida's proud folk music heritage reaches back more than half a century. The region claims many talented artists and song writers, including Frank Thomas, Bob Patterson and Charlie Robertson, while hundreds of solo, duo and group performers regularly inspire audiences at local venues. The Stephen Foster State Park in White Springs is the home of the Florida Folk Festival, the longest continuous state-sponsored folk festival in the country,...
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Here We Go Round Slovenia — A Journey of Song takes the reader on a trip around Slovenia, presenting some of this beautiful subalpine country's cultural and folk heritage.
The eighteen songs arranged by Blaž Pucihar, a prominent Slovene composer and pianist, embody the language and stories of the people as they used to be sung. Not only do they talk of how the people once lived, but also provide a wonderful feel of the geography of the land with...
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"Winner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association" William G. Roy is professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Socializing Capital (Princeton) and Making Societies.
Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing...
5) The Denver Folk Music Tradition: An Unplugged History, from Harry Tuft to Swallow Hill and Beyond
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In 1962, Harry Tuft founded the Denver Folklore Center to bring together contemporary folk music fans and performers such as Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and so many more. In the following decade, a core of folk enthusiasts established the Swallow Hill Music Association. These two organizations have persevered to sustain a lasting folk legacy in the Mile High City. This is the story of how the music and the people who love and live it shaped...
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Always a Song is a collection of stories from singer and songwriter Ellen Harper-folk matriarch and mother to the Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper.
Harper shares vivid memories of growing up in Los Angeles through the 1960s among famous and small-town musicians, raising Ben, and the historic Folk Music Center.
This beautifully written memoir includes stories of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The New Lost City Ramblers, Doc Watson,...
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Amy Webber and her new husband Richard Muir are settling into married life - and a new project. Richard is choreographing a suite based on folk music and tales, while Amy scours the library's resources for background information on the dance's source material. But the mellifluous music comes to a halt when an unknown woman's body turns up in Zelda Shoemaker's backyard gazebo. Chief Deputy Brad Tucker puts Zelda at the top of his suspect list, thanks...
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