Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular SPE23 Stephen Fredman

Stephen Fredman

ISBN 978-0-89236-818-1

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professor of Etruscology and Italian archaeology at the University of Florence

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Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular SPE23 Stephen FredmanEdited by Andrew Perchuk and Rani Singh Filmmaker, musicologist, painter, ethnographer, graphic designer, mystic, and collector of string figures and other patterns, Harry Smith (19231991) was among the most original creative forces in postwar American art and culture, yet his life and work remain poorly understood. Today he is remembered primarily for his Anthology of American Folk Music (1952)an idiosyncratic collection of early recordings that