{"product_id":"lost-delta-found-rediscovering-the-fisk-university-library-of-congress-coahoma-county-study-1941-1942-paperback","title":"Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn W. Work\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLewis Wade Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSamuel C. Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlues Hall of Fame Inductee--Named a \"Classic of Blues Literature\" by the Blues Foundation, 2019\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This remarkable book recovers three invaluable perspectives, long thought to have been lost, on the culture and music of the Mississippi Delta. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1941 and '42 African American schol-ars from Fisk University--among them the noted composer and musicologist John W. Work III, sociologist Lewis Wade Jones, and graduate student Samuel C. Adams Jr.--joined folklorist Alan Lomax of the Library of Congress on research trips to Coahoma County, Mississippi. Their mis­sion was \"to document adequately the cul­tural and social backgrounds for music in the community.\" Among the fruits of the project were the earliest recordings by the legendary blues singer and guitar­ist Muddy Waters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The hallmark of the study was to have been a joint publica­tion of its findings by Fisk and the Library of Congress. While this publication was never completed, \u003ci\u003eLost Delta Found \u003c\/i\u003eis com­posed of the writings, interviews, notes, and musical transcriptions produced by Work, Jones, and Adams in the Coahoma County study. Their work captures, with compelling immediacy, a place, a people, a way of life, and a set of rich musical tra­ditions as they existed in the 1940s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Illustrated with photos and more than 160 musical transcriptions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn W. Work III (1901-1966) was a gifted composer and educator. One of the first African American academics to argue the value of African American folk music, he preserved this heritage both in his book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Negro Songs and Spirituals\u003c\/i\u003e, and through his work with the Fisk Jubilee Singers, which he directed from 1947 until 1956. He retired from Fisk University in 1966. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lewis Wade Jones (1910-1979) was an instructor in the Department of Social Sciences at Fisk University from 1932 to 1942, where he worked closely with Charles S. Johnson. In 1949 the two co-wrote \u003ci\u003eA Statistical Analysis of Southern Counties: Shifts in the Negro Population of Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e. After leaving Fisk, Jones moved to the Tuskegee Institute School of Education, where he was a professor of sociology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After receiving his master's degree from Fisk University, Samuel C. Adams jr. (1920-2001) attended the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD in 1953. He had a long and distinguished career in public service, highlighted by his appointment to the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Niger in 1968-1969. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Gordon is a writer and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eMemphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock \u0026amp; Soul in Music's Hometown\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bruce Nemerov has been, variously, a musician, radio and record producer, and writer. He was awarded a Grammy for the notes to \u003ci\u003eJohn W. Work III: Recording Black Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, an album of Work's field recordings.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 10 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760052338976,"sku":"9780826514868","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c9ca672233b5ccf019aa57d7582055a4.webp?v=1780170124","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lost-delta-found-rediscovering-the-fisk-university-library-of-congress-coahoma-county-study-1941-1942-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}