| Title |
Utah Urban Pioneers: Concert-Lecture, Matching Songs (2008) |
| Alternative Title |
Heather and Polly Stewart Matching Songs Concert, March 13, 2008 |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9595 |
| Creator |
Dorrell, Heather Stewart; 1947- Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Contributor |
Green, Laura Marcus |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2008-03-13 |
| Date Digital |
2013-06-21 |
| Temporal Coverage |
March 13, 2008 |
| Description |
Recording of a concert-lecture (50 minutes, 12 seconds) given by the Stewart sisters-folklore scholar Polly Stewart and folk musician Heather Stewart Dorrell. They play the guitar and sing a few folk songs to entertain and educate an audience. These songs demonstrated some topics and terms in the academic discipline of folklore study. Includes a transcription by Laura R. Marcus |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Subject |
Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Heather Stewart Dorrell; Polly Stewart; Folk revival; Folk songs; Lectures; Musical performance |
| Table of Contents |
1. Heather Dorrell introduces and sings song, "False Knight on the Road"; 2. Polly Stewart talks about English ballads in the New World, the emotional core of ballads, change and continuity over time/story about Barre Toelken as a young folklorist collecting "The Riddle Song" in North Carolina/Polly Stewart sings the song; 3. Polly Stewart and Heather Dorrell sing Child Number 76, "The Lass of Roch Royal", a cruel mother-in-law story/talks about the flexible emotional core of the story; 4. Polly Stewart talks about the concept of maverick verses in American folk singing/Heather Dorrell sings "The Fourth of July" as an example of this phenomenon; 5. Heather Dorrell and Polly Stewart sing the song, "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" as an example of the maverick verse with flexible emotional core phenomenon; 6. Heather Dorrell sings Child Number 20, "The Cruel Mother"; 7. Polly Stewart talks about the line and metaphor contained therein, "She leaned her back against an oak . . . ." and sings "The Water is Wide" to illustrate another song containing this maverick verse; 8. Heather Dorrell sings "The Sailor Boy" as an example of a song composed of maverick verses; 9. Polly Stewart sings "I Once Had a Love"; 10. Polly Stewart talks about the folk song revival in Britain and in the U.S./sings "Old Man Rockin' the Cradle"; 11. Polly Stewart talks about John Lomax, the Texas folk song collector and the song, "Get Along Little Dogies"/Polly Stewart and Heather Dorrell sing "Get Along Little Dogies"; 12. Polly Stewart and Heather Dorrell close the concert with a song about Brigham Young, learned from Rosalie Sorrels |
| Abstract |
In this lecture-concert, the Stewart sisters sing a few songs in traditional folk style, and introduce the concept of emotional core and maverick verses. They use folksongs in the collection of Child Ballads to demonstrate how a folksong can travel and change--while generating many derivative versions, keeping the emotional core consistent |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
50.12 minutes |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
One of the 4 concerts in the Utah Urban Pioneers Collection |
| Is Part of |
Utah Urban Pioneers Concert Series |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ff4b7t |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716418 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff4b7t |
