first edition
1928 · Chapel Hill
by METFESSEL, Milton
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1928. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Recently rebound in quarter linen over paper-covered boards; x,[1]-181pp; text diagrams; 17 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones) not reckoned in pagination. Closed marginal tear to second flyleaf (blank); minimal aging to text; Near Fine, albeit not in the original publisher's binding.
An important study, documenting the author's procedures and equipment for recording and notating the performances of vernacular musicians in the American South. Metfessel devised a novel form of musical notation to capture the glides and diction (truncated)
An important study, documenting the author's procedures and equipment for recording and notating the performances of vernacular musicians in the American South. Metfessel devised a novel form of musical notation to capture the glides and diction (truncated)