Yodeling in Dairyland

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Yodeling in Dairyland

Author	: James P. Leary
File Size	: 51,6 Mb
Publisher	: University of Wisconsin Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 02 May 1991
ISBN	: IND:30000038757286
Pages	: 74 pages

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Yodeling in Dairyland by James P. Leary Book PDF Summary

A historical overview of Swiss music in America's most European state, and a short autobiography of Rudy Burkhalter, an influential performer whose varied career, in the Old World and the New, epitomizes the Swiss American experience. This nicely illustrated book covers yodeling, men's choirs, festivals celebrating Swiss heritage or cheesemaking, house parties, zithers and accordions, touring ensembles, recordings and radio shows, relations with German and Slovenian music, and many other aspects of music in Swiss American culture.

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