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19 de jul. de 1998 · Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, one of the most dedicated and knowledgeable folk-music scholars of the 20th century. After study at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1936), and Columbia University, Lomax toured the prisons of the American Deep South with his
28 de mar. de 2012 · Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his career documenting folk music traditions from around the world. Now thousands of the songs and interviews he recorded are available for free online, many for the ...
Er setzte damit die Arbeit seines Vaters John A. Lomax fort, der den jungen Alan in die Welt der Folkmusik einführte. Um zu verstehen, wie außergewöhnlich die Leistungen von Alan Lomax sind, muss man sich vergegenwärtigen, in welcher Zeit er damit begann, den Süden der USA zu durchstreifen, um dort Blues- und Country-Musiker aufzunehmen.
A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s have been digitized and made available online for free listening. The Association for Cultural Equity, a nonprofit organization founded by Lomax in the 1980s, has posted some 17,000 recordings.
Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was a major figure in folklore and ethnomusicology, known for his theoretical work, cultural advocacy, and seminal public programs. He played a key role in the development of the Center’s work. Pete Seeger described him as “the man who is more responsible than any other person for the twentieth-century folk song ...
The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) was founded by Alan Lomax to explore and preserve the world's expressive traditions with humanistic commitment and scientific engagement. ACE was registered as a charitable organization in the State of New York in 1983, and is housed at New York City's Hunter College.
The Lomax Digital Archive Collections contain several large audio, film, and photographic collections made, together and apart, by John and Alan Lomax, including Field Work, Film and Video, Radio Shows, and Alan Lomax as Performer.
