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From a small mountain town in West Virginia, elder fiddler Melvin Wine has inspired musicians and music enthusiasts far beyond his homeplace. Music, community, and tradition influence all… Mehr…

From a small mountain town in West Virginia, elder fiddler Melvin Wine has inspired musicians and music enthusiasts far beyond his homeplace. Music, community, and tradition influence all aspects of life in this rural region. Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine shows how in Wine's playing and teaching all three have created a vital and enduring legacy. Wine has been honored nationally for his musical skills and his leadership role in an American musical tradition. A far From a small mountain town in West Virginia, elder fiddler Melvin Wine has inspired musicians and music enthusiasts far beyond his homeplace. Music, community, and tradition influence all aspects of life in this rural region. Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine shows how in Wine's playing and teaching all three have created a vital and enduring legacy. Wine has been honored nationally for his musical skills and his leadership role in an American musical tradition. A farmer, a coal miner, a father of ten children, and a deeply religious man, he has played music from the hard lessons of his own experience and shaped a musical tradition even while passing it to others. Fiddling Way Out Yonder examines the fiddler, his music, and its context from a variety of perspectives. Many rousing fiddlers came from isolated mountain regions like Melvin's home stomp. The book makes a point to address the broad historical issues related both to North American fiddling and to Wine's personal history. Wine has spent almost all of his ninety-two years in rural Braxton County, an area where the fiddle and dance traditions that were strong during his childhood and early adult life continue to be active today. Utilizing models from folklore studies and ethnomusicology, Fiddling Way Out Yonder discusses how community life and educational environment have affected Melvin's music and his approaches to performance. Such a unique fiddler deserves close stylistic scrutiny. The book reveals Wine's particular tunings, his ways of holding the instrument, his licks, his bowing techniques and patterns, his tune categories, and his favorite keys. The book includes transcriptions and analyses of ten of Melvin's tunes, some of which are linked to minstrelsy, ballad singing traditions, and gospel music. Narratives discuss the background of each tune and how it has fit into Melvin's life. While his music is tied to community and family traditions, Melvin is a unique and comp Folk & Traditional, Music Styles, Fiddling Way Out Yonder~~ Drew Beisswenger~~Folk & Traditional~~Music Styles~~9781604736199, en, Fiddling Way Out Yonder, Drew Beisswenger, 9781604736199, University Press of Mississippi, 05/22/2002, , , , University Press of Mississippi, 05/22/2002<

ISBN: 9781604736199

Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine Fiddling-Way-Out-Yonder~~Drew-Beisswenger Music>Other Instruction>Other Instruction NOOK Book (eBook), University Press of Missi… Mehr…

Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine Fiddling-Way-Out-Yonder~~Drew-Beisswenger Music>Other Instruction>Other Instruction NOOK Book (eBook), University Press of Mississippi<

2009, ISBN: 9781604736199

The Life and Music of Melvin Wine, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, [PU: University Press of Mississippi], [ED: 1], University Press of Mississippi, 2009

2002, ISBN: 9781604736199

The Life and Music of Melvin Wine, [ED: 1], Auflage, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: University Press of Mississippi]