Czech Songs in Texas: Volume 7 - Barton, Frances; Novak, John K.
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Czech Songs in Texas includes sixty-one songs, mostly polkas and waltzes. The songs themselves are beloved heirlooms ranging from ceremonial music with origins in Moravian wedding traditions to exuberant polkas celebrating the pleasures of life.

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Czech Songs in Texas includes sixty-one songs, mostly polkas and waltzes. The songs themselves are beloved heirlooms ranging from ceremonial music with origins in Moravian wedding traditions to exuberant polkas celebrating the pleasures of life.
Autorenporträt
Frances Barton, a musician and independent ethnomusicologist, plays accordion in a Texas Czech polka band and is descended from Moravian immigrants to Central Texas. She studied music and journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. John K. Novak is Professor of Music Theory at Northern Illinois University, the grandson of Czech immigrants to Texas, and a specialist in the music of Czech composers LeoŠ JanÁček, AntonÍn DvořÁk, and Josef Suk. James P. Leary is a folklorist and Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Grammy-nominated Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1936-1946.