Czech Folklore In Texas
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Czech Folklore In Texas
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Author : Olga Julia Pazdral
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1942
Czech Folklore In Texas written by Olga Julia Pazdral and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with Czech Americans categories.
Kr Sn Amerika
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Author : Clinton Machann
language : en
Publisher: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
Release Date : 1983
Kr Sn Amerika written by Clinton Machann and has been published by Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Czech Americans categories.
Czech Songs In Texas
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Author : Frances Barton
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2021-07-15
Czech Songs In Texas written by Frances Barton and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-15 with History categories.
On any weekend in Texas, Czech polka music enlivens dance halls and drinking establishments as well as outdoor church picnics and festivals. The songs heard at these venues are the living music of an ethnic community created by immigrants who started arriving in Central Texas in the mid-nineteenth century from what is now the Czech Republic. Today, the members of this community speak English but their songs are still sung in Czech. Czech Songs in Texas includes sixty-one songs, mostly polkas and waltzes. The songs themselves are beloved heirlooms ranging from ceremonial music with origins in Moravian wedding traditions to exuberant polkas celebrating the pleasures of life. For each song, the book provides music notation and Czech lyrics with English translation. An essay explores the song’s European roots, its American evolution, and the meaning of its lyrics and lists notable performances and recordings. In addition to the songs and essays, Frances Barton provides a chapter on the role of music in the Texas Czech ethnic community, and John K. Novak surveys Czech folk and popular music in its European home. The book both documents a specific musical inheritance and serves as a handbook for learning about a culture through its songs. As folklorist and polka historian James P. Leary writes in his foreword, “Barton and Novak take us on a poetic, historical, and ethnographic excursion deep into a community’s expressive heartland. Their Czech Songs in Texas just might be the finest extant annotated anthology of any American immigrant/ethnic group's regional song tradition.”
Czech American Bibliography
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Author : Miloslav Rechcigl
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Czech American Bibliography written by Miloslav Rechcigl and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Social Science categories.
This is a comprehensive bibliography of publications relating to Czechs in America, from the earliest time since the discovery of the New World to date, covering their settlement, community life and their contributions to their host country. Although emphasis is on English titles, including books, as well as articles, the relevant titles in Czech language have also been included, particularly in those areas where there is a paucity of English titles. English translations of the Czech titles were normally placed in parentheses. To assure maximum utility, the bibliography has been organized and classified into specific sectors by subject. Under most major headings, general surveys are listed first, followed by more specific categories, which have, in turn, been subdivided into subcategories. Individual entries in all sections are arranged chronologically. Under most subject areas separate biographical sections were added, comprising individuals of note in the respective fields. Apart from providing information on just about every aspect of human endeavor, it is hoped that it will induce serious students and scholars to do more work in areas that have not been adequately researched.
We Re Czechs
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Author : Skrabanek
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 1989-02
We Re Czechs written by Skrabanek and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-02 with History categories.
Donated By : James, Virginia, & J.R. Gerick.
The Farmers Game
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Author : David Vaught
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Release Date : 2012-10-17
The Farmers Game written by David Vaught and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A journey through the national pastime’s roots in America’s small towns and wide-open spaces: “An absorbing read.” —The Tampa Tribune In the film Field of Dreams, the lead character gives his struggling farming community a magical place where the smell of roasted peanuts gently wafts over the crowded grandstand on a warm summer evening, just as the star pitcher takes the mound. In The Farmers’ Game, David Vaught examines the history and character of baseball through a series of essay-vignettes—presenting the sport as essentially rural, reflecting the nature of farm and small-town life. Vaught does not deny or devalue the lively stickball games played in the streets of Brooklyn, but he sees the history of the game and the rural United States as related and mutually revealing. His subjects include nineteenth-century Cooperstown, the playing fields of Texas and Minnesota, the rural communities of California, the great farmer-pitcher Bob Feller, and the notorious Gaylord Perry. Although—contrary to legend—Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in a cow pasture in upstate New York, many fans enjoy the game for its nostalgic qualities. Vaught’s deeply researched exploration of baseball’s rural roots helps explain its enduring popularity.
Alan Lomax Assistant In Charge
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Author : Ronald D. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2010-12-08
Alan Lomax Assistant In Charge written by Ronald D. Cohen and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-08 with Music categories.
Alan Lomax (1915–2002) began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1936, first as a special and temporary assistant, then as the permanent Assistant in Charge, starting in June 1937, until he left in late 1942. He recorded such important musicians as Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Aunt Molly Jackson, and Jelly Roll Morton. A reading and examination of his letters from 1935 to 1945 reveal someone who led an extremely complex, fascinating, and creative life, mostly as a public employee. While Lomax is noted for his field recordings, these collected letters, many signed “Alan Lomax, Assistant in Charge,” are a trove of information until now available only at the Library of Congress. They make it clear that Lomax was very interested in the commercial hillbilly, race, and even popular recordings of the 1920s and after. These letters serve as a way of understanding Lomax’s public and private life during some of his most productive and significant years. Lomax was one of the most stimulating and influential cultural workers of the twentieth century. Here he speaks for himself through his voluminous correspondence.
Publications Of The American Folklife Center
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Publications Of The American Folklife Center written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Czech Voices
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Author : Clinton Machann
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 1998-06
Czech Voices written by Clinton Machann and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06 with History categories.
"Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 39." Early Czech immigrants in Texas.
Journeys Into Czech Moravian Texas
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Author : Sean N. Gallup
language : en
Publisher: TAMU Press
Release Date : 1998
Journeys Into Czech Moravian Texas written by Sean N. Gallup and has been published by TAMU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
In this book, the author honors the multicultural richness of rural America by revealing a rich and still-flourishing culture that is relatively unknown. Through a combination of more than one hundred poignant photographs and detailed captions, he gives visual evidence of the traditional connections and variety of contemporary Texas-Czech life and culture. He also shows the power of ethnic belonging as well as the forces of Texas-Czech cultural decline and rejuvenation.