Old-time music

Here is entered country music of the 1930's and earlier periods played and sung in the old-time styles as well as music of later periods performed in those styles.

found: Work cat.: Were'd you come from, where'd you go?, p1996:container (golden age of old time music (the 1920s and 30s); music that preceded bluegrass and modern country music and from which those later forms evolved in the 40s and 50s) insert (old time music evolved into bluegrass and country music)

found: Old-time music WWW home page, May 14, 2001(most old time musicians were white rural agrarian Southerners; singing was unschooled; musicianship expressed primarily through strings; song repertoire divided broadly between secular and sacred and further subdivided into categories of traditional, commercial, and original songs; developed in rural and isolated areas of the Southern Appalachian and other regions; two main strains of the music come from the banjo and the fiddle which were played separately and together, particularly for square dancing; songs and ballads, many imported from the British Isles and many written in American, are also an important part of old-time music)

found: Encyc. of country music, 1998(old-time music is generally used to refer to the styles and repertoires that dominated commercial country music's first decade, roughly from 1924-1935. The term seemed to originate with the record companies and publishers of the time who did not have a clear idea of what to call the music during its early days. Styles include: string band music either in bands or fiddle-guitar duets; group harmony singing; a form of white blues and related yodeling; a solo singing tradition in which artists adapted traditional material to various instrumental accompaniment)

found: Penguin encyc. of popular music, 1990(country music, variously known in the past as folk music, old-time music, hillbilly, C & W (country & western), etc.)

found: Google WWW search engine, July 10, 2001(usage: old-time (old time) music (1600 hits); old-time country music (1600); old timey music (1100); old timey country music (33); old time mountain music (361); mountain music (24,100))

found: LC database, June 19, 2001(usage: old time music; old timey ...; old time country music)

found: New Grove, 2nd ed.:under Country music (discusses the style but does not name it)

Here is entered country music of the 1930's and earlier periods played and sung in the old-time styles as well as music of later periods performed in those styles.