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Mountain Music Autoharp / Var - Mountain Music Autoharp / Various [CD]

Mountain Music Autoharp / Var - Mountain Music Autoharp / Various [CD]

Release Date: /// Folkways Records

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First patented in 1881 by German instrument repairman Charles Zimmerman, the autoharp first reached popularity as a novelty instrument. By 1900, while that fad had passed, the autoharp found an enduring home in the southern mountains. This compilation features a variety of performers, as well as extensive biographical notes about each contributor.

Tracklist:

  1. Stoney's Waltz
  2. Sweet Marie
  3. May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?
  4. She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain
  5. Flop-Eared Mule
  6. Bile Them Cabbage Down
  7. All I Got's Gone
  8. Ella's Grave
  9. Shortenin' Bread
  10. Old Joe Clark
  11. Waltz
  12. Precious Jewel
  13. Ain't Going To Work Tomorrow
  14. Muleskinner Blues
  15. John Henry
  16. Weeping Willow Tree
  17. Wreck Of Number Nine
  18. Red River Valley
  19. The Great Reaping Day
  20. I'm Alone, All Alone
  21. Jacob's Ladder
  22. Way Down In The Country
  23. Benfield Hoedown (Idaho Girl)
  24. Wildwood Flower
  25. Tragic Romance

UPC: 093070236523
Label: FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

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