Theme for the next issue of the Missouri Folklore Society Journal -- "Ballads and Songs"
We need your articles….
I have been named editor for volume 26 of the Missouri Folklore Society Journal and I have chosen the theme "Ballads and Songs" for this issue in honor of the topic that sparked the founding of the original Missouri Folklore Society 100 years ago. The journal has traditionally focused on articles relating to folklore in Missouri, so I will give preference to articles addressing topics that are in some way connected with the state, but I will also consider articles focusing on other geographic regions. There is no limit as to the length of articles and they do not have to be written in a scholarly style, though that style is acceptable. We cannot pay authors for the articles we accept. (Note to academic writers: The MFSJ is not a peer-reviewed journal.)
Have you written articles about any of these
topics….or would you like to?
Individual songs or ballads
Types of songs
Singers
Vocal styles
Acapella singing vs singing accompanied by instrumental music
Instruments and instrumental music styles used for accompanying singing
Individual, family, or community song repertoires
Collectors of folk songs
Collections of folk songs -- printed, manuscript, recorded, in libraries and archives, online, etc.
Radio programs or recording companies specializing in folk music
Coffeehouses and other venues where folk music is/was performed
Organizations concerned with folk songs and singing
Online databases and other folk song information on the Internet
Indexes and catalogs of folk song or ballad collections in libraries and archives
Classification schemes for ballads and other types of folk songs
Modern songs written about historical subjects in a folk style
First-person reports or oral histories that include how singers feel about their songs, how they change them for different audiences, what their creative process is, how their songs function in their communities, etc.
Historical or geographic analyses of songs
The use of folk songs to teach history
Any other topic related to this theme
Please send me your manuscript, preferably in electronic format before the end of October 2006. Thanks in advance for your submissions and for helping to make this an outstanding issue of the journal!
Lyn Wolz, Director
Regents Center Library
University of Kansas, Edwards Campus
12600 Quivira Road
Overland Park, KS 66213
913-897-8572
lwolz@ku.edu
Do you love tracing the history of songs?
I am currently working on a revised edition of H. M.
Belden's classic book Ballads and Songs
Collected by the Missouri Folklore Society.
This new edition will be jointly published online by the Missouri Folklore
Society and the University of Missouri Press. My job as editor is to oversee the
updating of the notes on each song concerning its appearance in books, journal
articles, or recorded media since Belden finished writing his annotations in
1949, as well as any additional information that is valuable for the study of
the song. Work is done on a volunteer basis, but credit will be given within the
published edition. I need the help of many scholars and researchers in this huge
undertaking, so please contact me if you'd like to participate. Thank you.
Lyn Wolz, Director
Regents Center Library
University of Kansas, Edwards Campus
12600 Quivira Road
Overland Park, KS 66213
913-897-8572
lwolz@ku.edu