Cajun Music. A Reflection Of A People. Volume I

SAVOY, ANN ALLEN [COMPILED & EDITED BY]

Publication: Bluebird Press Inc, 1984, Eunice, Louisiana

First edition. 4to. Limited edition hardcover. Cream-colored leatherette, titles stamped in brown on the spine, bluebirds on front and rear endpapers, [6], xvi [1], 418 pp., acknowledgements, introduction, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, music, appendices, discography with record company addresses, bibliography. Author combed Louisiana's Cajun parishes for this exhaustive scope five years in the making, it illuminates both a vibrant tradition and its fascinating context. Each important figure is profiled with a biography, discography, and photograph portrait. Their signature tunes are annotated many for the first time. Small gift inscription on verso of front free fly leaf, else a fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends and corners and light wear to the extremities. A monumental work on the subject.

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