Previous posts for September 23rd are here: John Coltrane; Ray Charles; Bruce Springsteen (2019), John Lomax; Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (2020), and Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder (2021)
John Lomax (23 September 1867 – 26 January 1948) was a pioneering American ethnomusicologist who did much for the preservation of American folk music.
The Ballad of Lomax
Way out in the West
Where the tumbleweeds blow,
A man with a quest
Once decided to go
And find him some cowboys,
Although it seemed strange,
And then he said, “Now, boys,
“Sing songs of the range.
“Sing songs of the prairie
“Signs songs of the camp”
He found a spot where he
Could work by his lamp
As he gave his attention,
To music and word,
And without condescension
Transcribed what he heard
And thus, unrehearsed,
He was able to collect them, –
John Lomax, the first
To explore and respect them.
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