Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes

Subject: Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 06:09 PM

By Jeff Todd Titon. Purported to have over 150 tunes transcribed, and a discography of Kentucky fiddlers?

Has anyone read this book, and if so, can they give us a review of it?

Subject: RE: Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
From: masato sakurai
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 07:04 PM

From UT Libraries Catalog:
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Author Titon, Jeff Todd, 1943-
Title Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes / Jeff Todd Titon.
Imprint Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2001.
Call Number M1629.7.K4O43 2001
CD7628
Description xviii, 245 p. : ill. ; 26 cm +
Accompanying Materials 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.).
Subject Fiddle tunes -- Kentucky.
Fiddle tunes -- History and criticism -- Kentucky.
Folk music -- Kentucky.
Folk music -- History and criticism -- Kentucky.
Folk songs, English -- Kentucky.
Notes Disc contents: 1. Big Sweet Taters in Sandy Land -- 2. Pretty Little Widow -- 3. Five Miles from Town -- 4. Billy in the Lowground -- 5. Blacked-eyed Susie -- 6. Dandy Jim -- 7. Piney Ridge -- 8. Fire in Mountain -- 9. Sugar in the Gourd -- 10. Mike in the Wilderness -- 11. Dolly -- 12. The Rose in the Mountain -- 13. Flatwoods -- 14. Nancy Dawson -- 15. Rebels Raid -- 16. Fire on the Mountain -- 17. Lost Partridge -- 18. Chinquapin Hunting -- 19. Green Mountain -- 20. The Brushy Fork of John's Creek -- 21. Cookhouse Joe -- 22. New Five Cents -- 23. The Cotton Bonnet -- 24. Indian Squaw -- 25. Rabbit -- 26. Sally Goodin'.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Variant Title Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
ISBN 0813122007
Holdings Music Lib stacks M1629.7.K4O43 2001 checked in Music Lib compact discs. Ask at desk CD7628 checked in
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From the university press:
OLD-TIME KENTUCKY FIDDLE TUNES By Jeff Todd Titon and THIS.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 07:10 PM

Right, that's the one! Thanks for posting the links Masato.

Has anyone got the book? At $45.00 with the CD? Am I right about that? It seems like a very good value at that price, and I'm thinking it might make a wonderful Father's Day gift.

Subject: RE: Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
From: Stewie
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 12:18 AM

I have the book. It is mainly a resource for musicians. Not being a musician, but having a deep interest in oldtimey music, I purchased it for the intro (c 30pp) and the notes to the tunes - and for the CD. There are transcriptions of 170 tunes plus a few variants. The CD of 26 tunes is fine. There is also a section with potted biographies of Kentucky fiddlers with some excellent black and white photos. The bibliography (references to printed and recorded sources) is extensive. A wonderful resource for oldtimey fiddlers.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
From: nickp
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 04:29 AM

Excellent book, even for a non-music reader like me. Like Old Time? Get it - worth every cent

Subject: RE: Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 08:25 AM

Highest recommendation. If you father does old time, it is a must have even if he isn't into KY fiddling. Wish the biographies had been longer.