Alan Lomax

The Film opens on a post-stroke Alan Lomax having a discussion with his daughter at his home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The man who attempted to record the whole world’s musical heritage nods approvingly as his daughter reads from an article that he had written forty years prior. In 1996, Lomax suffered from a brain hemorrhage that incapacitated him for the remaining years of his life, the director of “Lomax the songhunter,” Rogier Kappers was able to film him in his last year of life, 2002. The

the past” (Marshall). Though the song is documented as being first recorded by Tom Clarence Ashley in 1933, “House of the Rising Sun” retains ambiguous beginnings and has been variously accredited to Ashley, to singer Georgia Turner as recorded by Alan Lomax, to an unnamed railroad worker who codified the lyrics as early as 1925, and even to the early folk tradition of the British Isles (“House of the Rising Sun” 213). Though countless pieces of American folk culture likely have origins in British custom

John and Alan Lomax, discussing how they came to be involved with the collection of cowboy ballads. I will then go on to talk about their musical endeavours between the years of 1930-1980, and how their work had influence on modern popular music before concluding with my opinion on their impact on music as we know it today and how they potentially shaped the path of recorded music as we know it. ! John Lomax was a known collector of folk music, particularly cowboy ballads. Before Lomax, no one had

hard-hitting realism and a pre-occupation with the tragic element. Just as important as the adaptation of older ballads and the creation of new ones was the rise of a distinctive "folk style."(Much of the following discussion is from Alan Lomax, "Folk Song Style," in The American Anthropologist, 61 (December, l959):929-955). No sound recordings were made until the 1880s and no folk music was recorded, to speak of, until the 1920s; therefore, any discussion of performance style must

From the contexts of the Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Railway Man as both were set in the same era, many of the same issues arise around the subject of post-traumatic stress disorder and grief. Through the war, and the hardships soldiers faced, it was hard to return home, with the unknown expectation of isolation and seclusion, particularly in thoughts and feelings. As friends and families who stayed at home and did not experience the war, empathy was often difficult, and opinions and experiences

Synthesis Essay- Attila the Hun MSgt Aaron M. Hazen Class 17B Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy 30 January 2017   Attila the Hun History has Attila, King of the Huns labeled as a barbaric savage that lacked refinement. The Huns had a powerful leader who used critical thinking to become one of the most powerful leaders of the time. He civilized the Huns and changed his people from a nomadic lifestyle that dated back 32 generations. He developed cities and gained territory for

In 448 AD, Greek writer and historian Priscus journeyed from Constantinople to meet with Attila the Hun. Pricus wrote down the events of his journey, leaving one of the few first-hand accounts of a diplomatic meeting with the Huns. His writings can tell us much about how the Huns interacted with other cultures and societies and how Attila—specifically—welcomed his guests to his court. Europe, in the 5th century, was undergoing many societal changes. Many of these changes were associated with the

There are many ancient sources stating that the Huns themselves were barbaric nomads. Ammianus Marcellinus, a Roman writer states in the History of Rome, that “The nation of the Huns surpasses all other barbarians in wildness of life… They fight in no regular order of battle… It must be owned that they are the most terrible of warriors because they fight at a distance with missile weapons having sharpened bones admirably fastened to the shaft. When in close combat with swords, they fight without

graphic novel that transcends this undue criticism of comic books. It is, “One of the first instances ... of [a] new kind of comic book ... a first phase of development, the transition of the superhero from fantasy to literature." (Klock, pgs. 25-26) Alan Moore’s story offers an immersive and complex plot that raises all sorts of moral questions. It is an extraordinary work of literature that occupies a well

Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country takes place during the late 1940’s in Southern Africa. Specifically, in High Place, Ndotsheni, and Johannesburg. It takes place during a time of social change. There is racial inequality taking place during the late 1940’s. The novel shows what it was like to be living during this time. Cry, the Beloved Country has an urban and crowded feeling for most of the novel. This novel is written in past-tense, third-person omniscient point of view. Occasionally, the