Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980
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found: Author's Singing soldiers.
found: Little, D. An historical overview and analytical study in the origin of texts, melodies and performance practices of the Niles-Merton song cycles, 1994:p. 3, etc. (John Jacob Niles; b. April 28, 1892, Louisville, Ky.; d. May 1, 1980)
found: Oxford music online, November 24, 2014:New Grove dictionary of American music, 2nd ed. (Niles, John Jacob; born April 28, 1892, Louisville, KY, died May 1, 1980, near Lexington, KY; American folksinger, folk-music collector, and composer)
found: Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:page 683 (John Jacob Niles, ballad writer and collector, pilot in France during World War I then moved to New York. Gathered and recorded songs of eastern Kentucky 1909-1917 and 1928-1934; composed or arranged more than 1,000 ballads and folk songs. Set twenty-two of Trappist monk Thermos Merton's poems to music. Sang briefly with the Chicago Lyric Opera Company. His last concert was at Swannanoa, North Carolina, September 1978.)
found: Carl Fischer Music. Songs of the American Negro, 1934?:unnumbered page 9 (adapted and arranged by John J. Niles)
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1980-05-28: new
2023-09-09: revised
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