Finding the Singing Spruce: Musical Instrument Makers and Appalachia's Mountain Forests (Sounding Appalachia) - Softcover

Waugh-Quasebarth, Jasper

 
9781959000006: Finding the Singing Spruce: Musical Instrument Makers and Appalachia's Mountain Forests (Sounding Appalachia)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1959000004 ISBN 13: 9781959000006
Publisher: West Virginia University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Environment, craft, and meaning in the work of Appalachian instrument makers.

How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instruments, Finding the Singing Spruce considers the meanings of work, place, and creative expression in drawing music from wood.

Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth explores the complexities and contradictions of instrument-making labor, which is deeply rooted in mountain forests and expressive traditions but also engaged with global processes of production and consumption. Using historical narratives and sensory ethnography, among other approaches, he finds that the craft of lutherie speaks to the past, present, and future of the region’s work and nature.

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About the Author

Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth teaches folklore studies at the Ohio State University.

From the Back Cover

How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instruments, Finding the Singing Spruce considers the meanings of work, place, and creative expression in drawing music from wood.

Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth explores the complexities and contradictions of instrument-making labor, which is deeply rooted in mountain forests and expressive traditions but also engaged with global processes of production and consumption. Using historical narratives and sensory ethnography, among other approaches, he finds that the craft of lutherie speaks to the past, present, and future of the region’s work and nature.

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Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1959000004
ISBN 13 
9781959000006
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
227