Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 - July 19, 2002) was an important American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain. Wikipedia
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Musicologist, writer, and producer Alan Lomax (b. Austin, Texas, 1915) spent over six decades working to promote knowledge and appreciation of the worlds folk music. www.folkstreams.net/filmmaker,121
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I n March 2004, the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress acquired the Alan Lomax Collection , which comprises the unparalleled ethnographic documentation collected by the legendary folklorist over a period of sixty years. The acquisition w www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/
Musicologist, writer, and producer Alan Lomax (b. Austin, Texas, 1915) spent over six decades working to promote knowledge and appreciation of the world’s folk music. He began his career in 1933 alongside his father, the pioneering folklorist John Avery www.folkstreams.net/filmmaker,121
