ENGL 40761 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Classical Music, Laurie Anderson, Henry David Thoreau
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The handbook to the anthology: stories behind the songs. Smith originally wanted to make money by selling his 78 rpm records but ended up compiling the anthology. Harry smith in relation to our class: his work is at a similar position in the second half of the semester as the works of. Harry smith: low culture, which is as rich as the high culture. Mixing of country music and blues is the basis of american music. The music in the anthology had significant impact on bob dylan, They take high-culture ideas from all over the world and form their own strings, which are cornerstones of transcendentalism. Analogy 2: acknowledge universal patterns of human cultures and bring them together in new forms. The book of odes he translated from ancient chinese into american folk songs. Collections: books from libraries, cultural artifacts (e. g. seminole textiles, Ukrainian easter eggs, new york city paper airplanes, and string figures from around world)
