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An American Field Collector Of Folk Music: Alan Lomax
ALAN LOMAX January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002 Alan Lomax believed every culture has a “right ... to equal time on the air and equal time in the classroom.” As director of the Library of Congress, Archive of American Folk-Song and as a radio and television host, Lomax introduced folksong to popular audiences and promoted it among students and scholars.His interest in traditional song started when Lomax was a teenager. In the 1930s, Alan accompanied his... Read More