John Lomax Musical artist

John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 - January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist and folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk songs. He was father to John Avery Lomax, Jr. and to Alan Lomax, also a distinguished collector of folk music.

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John Lomax
Birth dateSeptember 23, 1867
Date of deathJanuary 26, 1948
Hometown
Goodman Mississippi
United States

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Musical artist

BackgroundSolo singer

Topical connections

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Aaron AllstonWriter
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Alan LomaxMusical artist
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Carl SandburgWriter

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External resources

  1. http://archive.org/details/booktexas00lomagoog
  2. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=TnP&q=genevieve%20W.%20Chandler&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp
  3. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2386/is_2_112/ai_79548475
  4. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/workbio.html
  5. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lojohnbio.html
  6. http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html
  7. http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lomax:@field(DOCID+@lit(fn0017))
  8. http://www.alanjabbour.com/Coplands_Kentucky_Muse.pdf
  9. http://www.austin360.com/music/discovering-keepers-of-folk-music-623055.html?viewAsSinglePage=true#
  10. http://www.awhf.org/tartt.html