Alan Lomax

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ethnomusicologist field collector folklorist human

Alan Lomax was an American folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and field collector renowned for preserving and promoting traditional folk music from across the United States and around the world.

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Alan Lomax canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnomusicologist ⓘ
field collector ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction

National Medal of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1915-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-07-19 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
employer BBC ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Library of Congress ⓘ
familyName Lomax ⓘ
father John Lomax ⓘ
surface form: John A. Lomax
fieldOfWork ethnomusicology ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
fullName Alan Lomax self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Alan ⓘ
hasCollection Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center ⓘ
hasInfluenced American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
knownFor collecting blues music in the American South ⓘ
recording Lead Belly ⓘ
recording Muddy Waters ⓘ
recording Woody Guthrie ⓘ
recording folk music in Europe ⓘ
recording folk music in the Caribbean ⓘ
recording folk music in the Southern United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement American folk music revival ⓘ
notableFor field recordings of American folk music ⓘ
field recordings of world folk music ⓘ
preservation of traditional folk music ⓘ
notableWork Folk Song Style and Culture ⓘ
Mister Jelly Roll ⓘ
The Folk Songs of North America ⓘ
The Land Where the Blues Began ⓘ
occupation archivist ⓘ
ethnomusicologist ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
radio producer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austin, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Safety Harbor, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Safety Harbor, Florida, United States
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ
sibling Bess Lomax Hawes ⓘ
spouse Antoinette Marchand ⓘ
Elizabeth Harold Goodman Lomax ⓘ
Elizabeth Lyttleton Harold ⓘ
workedOn Archive of American Folk Song ⓘ

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Grammy Trustees Award → hasNotableRecipient → Alan Lomax ⓘ
Appalachian music → notableCollector → Alan Lomax ⓘ
Lead Belly → collaboratedWith → Alan Lomax ⓘ
Highland Park High School → hasAlumnus → Alan Lomax ⓘ
Alan Lomax → fullName → Alan Lomax self-link ⓘ
In the Pines → hasNotableCollector → Alan Lomax ⓘ