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Historic Bibliographies and Reference Aids
A Brief Bibliography on Cajun Music
Compiled by Arlene Rodenbeck and Suzanne Farrer
Publication Year: 1977
Blanchet, Catherine.
"Acadian Instrumental Music." Louisiana Folklore Miscellany, volume
3, number 1, April 1970, pp. 70-75.
Brandon, Elizabeth.
"The Socio-Cultural Traits of the French Folksong in Louisiana." Revue
de Louisiana, volume 1, number 2, pp. 19-32, 1972. Followed by "Les
Paroles
des Chansons d'Origine Louisianaise," pp. 40-52.
Brown, Vonnie R.
"Courier du Mardi Gras." Folk Dance Scene, volume 11, number
12, February 1976, pp. 7-12.
Claudel, Calvin.
"Mr. Doering's 'Songs the Cajuns Sing'." Southern Folklore
Quarterly,
volume 8, number 2, June 1944, pp. 123-131.
Daigle, Pierre, V.
Tears, Love and Laughter: The Story of the Acadians. Church Point, Louisiana:
Acadian Publishing Enterprise, 1972.
Doering, J. Fredrick.
"Songs the Cajuns Sing." Southern Folklore Quarterly, volume 7,
number 4, December 1943, pp. 193-201.
Gaudet, Laura C.
Songs of Acadia. New York: Broadcast Music Co., 1945.
Lagarde, Marie-Louise, William Chute and George F. Reinecke.
"Six Avoyelles Songs from the Saucier Collection." Louisiana Folklore
Miscellany, volume 2, number 2, April 1965, pp. 1-26.
Leadbitter, Mike.
Nothing but the Blues. London: Hanover Books, 1971.
From the Bayou. Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, Eng.: Blues
Unlimited, 1969.
Lomax, Joseph F.
"Zydeco -- Must Live On!" Cotton Patch Rag, volume 11, number 1, January
1976, pp. 3-4; number 2, February 1976, pp. 2-4; number 3, March 1976, pp. 2-3.
McClellan, Michael.
How to Play the Cajun Accordian in No Time at All. Honolulu: M. McClellan,
1972, 1975.
Oster, Harry.
"The Louisiana Acadian." American Folk Music Occasional, volume 2,
1970, pp. 18-21.
Pace.
"Doug Kershaw - Louisiana Man." Sing Out!, volume 20, number
2, November-December
1970, pp. 2-5.
Post, Lauren C.
Cajun Sketches: From the Pariries of Southwest Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana
State University Press, 1974.
"Joseph Falcon, Accordian Player and Singer: A Biographical
Sketch." Louisiana History, volume 11, number 1, Winter
1970, pp. 63-79.
Sacré, Robert.
"La Musique Cajun de la Louisiana." Clés Pour la Musique, number
69, September 1974, pp. 20-21.
Savoy, Mark.
"How to Tune Your Own Cajun Accordian." Seattle Folklore Society
Journal,
volume 7, numbers 1-2, September-December 1975, pp. 23-27.
Saxon, Lyle, Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant.
Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Co., 1945. "Songs," pp. 427-487.
Smith, Dave, Marc Savoy and Paul Thompson.
"Cajun Music." Free Reed, number 19, August 1974, pp. 8-10.
Strachwitz, Chris A.
"Cajun Country." American Folk Music Occasional, number 2, 1970, pp.
13-17.
"Cajun Music on LP - A Survey." American Folk
Music Occasional, number 2, 1970, pp. 25-29.
Tate, Paul.
"The Cajuns of Louisiana." American Folk Music Occasional, number 2,
1970, pp. 8-12.
Whitfield, Irène Thérèse.
Louisiana French Folk Songs. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,
1939. Reprint edition, New York: Dover Publications, 1969.
ADDENDA
Shuler, Eddie.
American Cajun French Music from the Bayous of Louisiana. Lake Charles, LA:
[Goldband Records], n.d.
Thériot, Marie del Norte and Catherine Brookshire
Blanchet.
Les Danses Rondes: Louisiana French Folk Dances. Abbeville: R. E. Blancet,
1955.
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