Jean Ritchie
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| Jean Ritchie | |
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| Informação geral | |
| Nascimento | 8 de dezembro de 1922 Viper, Kentucky, Estados Unidos |
| Morte | 1 de junho de 2015 (92 anos) Berea, Kentucky, Estados Unidos |
| Gênero(s) | Folk |
| Ocupação(ões) | Cantora-compositora |
| Cônjuge | George Pickow (1950–2010); 2 filhos (Jonathan e Peter Pickow) |
| Instrumento(s) | Voz, Saltério dos Apalaches |
| Período em atividade | 1948 - 2015 |
| Gravadora(s) | Folkways, Elektra, Sire, Greenhays, Flying Fish, Riverside, Tradition, Argo, Collector, June Appal Recordings, Pacific Cascade Records, Warner Brothers |
Jean Ritchie (Viper, Kentucky, 8 de dezembro de 1922 – Berea, Kentucky, 1 de junho de 2015) foi uma cantora-compositora norte-americana de folk, e tocadora de saltério dos Apalaches.
Problemas de saúde e morte
[editar | editar código-fonte]No início de dezembro de 2009, Ritchie foi hospitalizada depois de sofrer um acidente vascular cerebral que prejudicou sua capacidade de se comunicar.[1]
Ela viveu em Berea, Kentucky até sua morte em junho de 2015. Ela morreu em casa.[2][3]
Discografia
[editar | editar código-fonte]- Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family (1952)
- Kentucky Mountains Songs (1954)
- Field Trip (1954)
- Courting Songs (1954)
- Shivaree (1955)
- The Singing Family of the Cumberlands (1955)
- Children's Songs & Games from the Southern Mountains (1956)
- Songs from Kentucky (1956)
- American Folk Tales and Songs (1956)
- Saturday Night and Sunday Too (1956)
- The Ritchie Family of Kentucky (1958)
- Riddle Me This (1959) (with Oscar Brand)
- Carols for All Seasons (1959)
- British Traditional Ballads, Vol 1 (1961)
- British Traditional Ballads, Vol 2 (1961)
- Ballads (2003; vol 1 and 2 above, issued on a single CD)
- Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition (1961)
- Precious Memories (1962)
- The Appalachian Dulcimer: An Instructional Record (1963)
- Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson Live at Folk City (1963)
- Time For Singing (1966)
- Marching Across the Green Grass & Other American Children's Game Songs (1968)
- Clear Waters Remembered (1974)
- Jean Ritchie At Home (1974)
- None But One (1977)
- Christmas Revels. Wassail! Wassail! (1982)
- O Love Is Teasin' (1985)
- Kentucky Christmas, Old and New (1987)
- The Most Dulcimer (1992)
- Mountain Born (1995)
- High Hills and Mountains (1996)
- Childhood Songs (1997)
- Legends of Old time Music (2002, DVD)
Bibliografia
[editar | editar código-fonte]- Ritchie, Jean (1955). Singing family of the Cumberlands. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8131-0186-6. LCCN 55005554
- Ritchie, Jean (1963). The dulcimer book; being a book about the three-stringed Appalachian dulcimer, including some ways of tuning and playing; some recollections in its local history in Perry and Knott Counties, Kentucky. Nova Iorque: Oak Music. LCCN 63020754
- Ritchie, Jean (1965). Apple seeds and soda straws. illustrated by Don Bolognese. Nova Iorque: H.Z. Walck. LCCN 65013223
- Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians ISBN 978-0-8131-0927-5
- Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book ISBN 978-0-8131-0973-2
- Jean Ritchie's Dulcimer People (1975)
- Ritchie, Jean, ed. (1953). A garland of mountain song; songs from the repertoire of the Ritchie family of Viper, Kentucky New ed. Nova Iorque: Broadcast Music. LCCN m53001732
- ↑ Report of Ritchie's hospitalization, thesunchronicle.com; 22 de dezembro de 2009; Acessado em 9 de janeiro de 2014.
- ↑ Fox, Margalit (2 de junho de 2015). «Jean Ritchie, Lyrical Voice of Appalachia, Dies at 92». New York Times. Consultado em 5 de junho de 2015
- ↑ Adeniyi, Luqman (2 de junho de 2015). «Folk Music Singer, Scholar Jean Ritchie Dies at 92». Associated Press. Consultado em 5 de junho de 2015
Ligações externas
[editar | editar código-fonte]- Live 1976 recording of Ritchie performing "Nottamun Town" from the Florida Folklife Collection (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)
- Videos on Woodsongs Archive
- 159: She sang and played her dulcimer as sole guest in 2000; 84 minutes.
- 450: Was as one of 3 guests in "Celebration of the Mountain Dulcimer" July 7, 2007; 94 minutes.
