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Historic Bibliographies and Reference Aids
A Bibliography of the Plucked (Appalachian or Mountain) Dulcimer
and Related Instruments
Compiled by: Bethany Aronow
Publication Date: December 5, 1978
Adler, Tom.
"How to Make an Appalachian Dulcimer, or, What to Do With
Your Spare Time and Money." Autoharp, number 30, October 20,
1967, pp. [8]-[10]. Reprinted in Folknik, volume 4, number 5. September
1968, pp. 5-6.
Apel, Willi.
Harvard Dictionary of Music. Second edition, Cambridge: Harvard
University Press, 1969. "Dulcimer," pp. 248-249.
Bailey, John.
Making an Appalachian Dulcimer. London: English Folk Dance and
Song Society, 1966.
Baines, Anthony.
Musical Instruments Through the Ages. Baltimore: Penguin Books,
1961. See entries for "Dulcimer," "Hummel," "Scheitholt," etc.
Baldwin, Jim.
"Playing the Mountain Dulcimer." Bittersweet, volume
1, number 2, Winter 1973, pp. 42-50.
Bell, Red.
"Build a Dulcimer." Stray Notes, volume 1, number 6,
November 1, 1965, p. 13.
Bryan, Charles Faulkner.
"American Folk Instruments: The Appalachian Dulcimer." Tennessee
Folklore Society Bulletin, volume 18, number 1, March 1952, pp.
1-5.
"The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Enigma." Tennessee
Folklore Society Bulletin, volume 20, number 4, December 1954,
pp. 86-90.
Burcham, Terry W.
"Fretting a Dulcimer." Huntsville
Association of Folk Musicians Newsletter, number 67, March 31, 1974, pp. 1-3.
"Joe Gambill: Dulcimer to Opryland." Huntsville
Association of Folk Musicians Newsletter, number 47, June 20, 1972, pp. 2-7;
number 47, July 20, 1972, pp. 4-6.
"Mountain Dulcimer." Huntsville
Association of Folk Musicians Newsletter, number 49, September 20, 1972, pp. 4-5.
Burckart, Arnold E.
"Using the Appalachian Dulcimer." Keeping
Up With Orff-Schulwerk in the Classroom, volume 1, number 1, September 1973, pp. 12-14;
number 2, November 1973, pp. 32-33.
Combs, Jack.
"The Folk Singers of the Kentucky Highlands ... A
Trip to Hindman." Spectrum, volume 1, number 2, Spring 1963,
pp. 31-38.
Combs, Josiah H.
"The Highlander's Music." Kentucky
Folklore Record,
volume 6, number 4, October-December 1960, pp. 108-122. Reprinted
in Josiah H. Combs, Folk Songs of the Southern
United States,
edited by D. K. Wilgus, Austin: University of Texas Press (Publications
of the American Folklore Society, Bibliographical and Special
Series, volume 19), 1967, pp. 85-95.
Creighton, Mildred Davidson.
"Jethro Amburgey: Dulcimer Maker." Appalachian
South,
volume 1, number 1, Summer 1965, pp. 24-25.
Derington, Sara.
"The Dulcimer." Huntsville Association
of Folk Musicians Newsletter, number 61, October 2, 1973, pp. 2-6.
Diamond, Lucky.
"The Sweet Sound of a Dulcimer." Mugwumps, volume 4,
number 6, May-June 1976, pp. 10-12, 20.
Dutertre, Jean-Francois.
"L'Epinette de Gerardmer." Gigue:
Revue de Folk, number
6, 1974, pp. 8-12.
Dutertre, Jean-Francois and Claude Lefebvre.
"Epinette des Vosages et Dulcimer des Appalaches." Gigue:
Revue de Folk, number 1, September 1972, pp. 10-25.
Eaton, Allen W.
Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation, 1937. Reprint edition, New York: Dover Publications,
1973, "The Dulcimer," pp. 199-204.
Evans, H. S.
How to Play the Mountain Dulcimer: A Manual
for Beginners. Lynchburg,
VA: H. S. Evans, 1969.
Force, Robert and Robert d'Ossché.
In Search of the Wild Dulcimer. New York: Vintage Books, 1974.
French, Dorothy and Lynn McSpadden.
Brethren, We Have Met: Traditional Hymns
and Carols for the Dulcimer.
Mountain View, AR: Dulcimer Shoppe, 1970.
Gamse, Albert.
The Best Dulcimer Method Yet. Carlstadt, NJ: Lewis Music Publishing
Co., 1974.
Gilfillan, Merrill C.
"Dulcimers." Wonderful World of
Ohio, volume 30, number
1, January 1966, pp. 8-11. [Anne Grimes Collection.]
Glenn, Leonard.
"The Plucked Dulcimer of the Southern Appalachians." Folkways
Monthly, volume 1, number 2, January 1962, pp. 63-72.
Hamer, Philip L.
"If You Like Mountain Music…" Science
and Mechanics,
volume 35, number 1, January 1964, pp. 100-103, 114-115.
Harris, Tim.
Notes on Dulcimer Making. Oklahoma City: Bois D'Arc, 1977.
Hart, Tim.
"The Appalachian Dulcimer." Club
Folk, volume 1, number
5, July-August 1968, p. 8.
"The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer." Folk
and Country,
volume 1, number 1, November 1971, pp. 12-13.
Hastings, S. E., Jr.
"Construction Techniques in an Old Appalachian Mountain
Dulcimer." Journal of American Folklore, volume 83, number
330, October-November 1970. pp. 462-468.
Hellman, Neal.
Dulcimer Songbook. New York: Oak Publications, 1977.
Hellman, Neal and Sally Holden.
Life Is Like a Mountain Dulcimer. New York: Ludlow Music, 1974.
Hendrickson, George.
"The Dulcimer." Folk Tradition, volume 1, number 3,
May 1972, p. 4.
Herndon, Doris Arlene.
The Appalachian Dulcimer: Its Origins and
History. Unpublished
MA Thesis, Grand Forks: University of North Dakota, 1967.
Hines, Chet.
How to Make and Play the Dulcimore. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole
Books, 1973.
Hobrough, Tim.
"The Dulcimer." Come All Ye, volume 2, number 5, July
1972, pp. 6-15.
Horwitz, Elinor Lander.
Mountain People, Mountain Crafts. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
Co., 1974. "Dulcimers, Banjos and Fiddles," pp. 20-33.
Hughes, Virgil.
Mel Bay's Fun With the Dulcimer. Kirkwood, MO: Mel Bay Publications,
1972.
Jeffereys, A. W.
"The Appalachians Dulcimer." Mugwumps, volume 1, number
2, March 1972, pp. 8-9.
Tuning and Playing the Appalachian Dulcimer. Stauton,
VA: A.W. Jeffereys, 1958. Revised edition, 1964.
Jong, J. L. de.
De Noardske Balke. Assen: Van Gorcum and Co., 1942.
"De Noordse Balk." Mens en Melodie, volume 12, number
6, June 1957, pp. 174-176.
Joyner, Charles W.
"Dulcimer Making in North Carolina: Creativity in a Traditional
Mountain Craft." Southern Folklore
Quarterly, volume 39,
number 4, December 1975, pp. 341-361.
Kay, David.
How to Play the Dulcimer Today. New York: Charles Hansen, 1974.
Lawless, Ray M.
Folksingers and Folksongs in America. Revised edition, New York:
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. Chapter 9: "Folk-Music
Instruments."
Levin, Hank.
"How to Make an Appalachian Dulcimer." In 1973
Festival of American Folklife, Washington: Smithsonian Institution,
1973, pp. 47-49.
MacEachron, Len and Su.
Play the Dulcimer by Ear and Other Easy
Ways. Minneapolis: Here,
Inc., 1969.
McGill, Josephine.
"The Kentucky Mountain Dulcimer." The
Musician, volume
21, number 1, January 1917, p. 21.
McSpadden, Lynn.
Four and Twenty Songs for the Mountain Dulcimer. Mountain View,
AR: Dulcimer Shoppe, 1970.
McSpadden, Mary Catherine.
Merrily Strum: Mountain Dulcimer for Children. Mountain View,
AR: Dulcimer Shoppe, 1975.
Marais, Joseph and Miranda.
World Folk Songs. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. "The
Mountain Dulcimer," pp. 127-207.
Marcuse, Sibyl.
Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary. Garden City,
New York: Doubleday and Co., 1964. See entries for "Appalachian
Dulcimer," "Dulcimer," "Humle," "Langleik," "Scheitholt," etc.
Martinez, Patti.
"Playing the Dulcimer." Early
American Life, volume
6, number 6, December 1975, pp. 80-81.
Mason, Madeline MacNeil.
Singing With the Appalachian Dulcimer. Washington, DC: Communications
Press, 1977.
Mason, Phillip.
"The Appalachian Mountain Plucked Dulcimer." Old
Time Music Gazette, volume 1, number 3, September 1975, pp. 8-11.
Meigs, Teresa.
"David Russell and the Dulcimore." Sparrow
Hawk, volume
3, number 1, Fall 1977, pp. 6-25.
Mellon, Robert.
"Mountain Maestro of Hudson Falls." Adirondack
Life,
volume 3, number 1, Winter 1972, pp. 49-50.
Mercer, Henry C.
"The Zithers of the Pennsylvania Germans." A
Collections of Papers Read Before the Bucks County Historical
Society, volume
5, 1927, pp. 482-497.
Mitchell, Howard W.
The Mountain Dulcimer – How To Make It and Play It – (After
a Fashion). Huntington, VT: Folk-Legacy Records FSI-29, 1966.
[Record and Book.] Expansion of book published by H. W. Mitchell,
Washington, DC, 1961.
Mitsui, Tōru.
Eikei Amerika Minzoku – Ongaku No Gakki [The Instruments
of Anglo-American Traditional Music]. Japan: Traditional-Song
Society, 1970.
Mize, Robert.
"Dulcimers." Foxfire, volume 3, number 1, Spring 1969,
pp. 5-8.
Murphy, Michael.
The Appalachian Dulcimer Book. St. Clairsville, OH: Folksay Press,
1976.
"Musical Instruments of the American Folk: The Dulcimer." Promenade,
volume 1, number 7, October 1940, pp. 1-2.
Nicholson, R. A.
"The Appalachian Dulcimer." B.M.G., volume 65, number
775, March 1968, p. 190; Performing Right, number 49, April 1968,
p. 21; Spin, volume 5, number 6, 1968, pp. 29-30; Folknik, volume
4, number 5, September 1968, p. 4.
Nonesuch for the Dulcimer. London: Scratchwood Music, 1972.
Norlind, Tobias.
Systematik der Saiteninstrumente: Geschichte
der Zither. Stockholm:
Musikhistorisches Museum, 1936. "Trapezzither," cols.
193-210; "Hummel," cols. 253-270.
[no author] "A Norwegian Player on the Langleik." Journal
of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, volume 2, 1935, pp. 35-35.
Odell, Scott.
"The Appalachian Dulcimer." In 1968
Festival of American Folklife, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1968, pp.
30-31.
"Folk Instruments." Arts in Virginia, volume 12, number
1, Fall 1971, pp. 31-37.
Panum, Hortense.
Langelegen: Som Dansk Folkeinstrument. Two volumes, Copenhagen:
Lehmann & State, 1917.
The Stringed Instruments of the Middle
Ages: Their Evolution and Development. Translated by Jeffrey Pulver. London: William
Reeves, 1939. Reprint editions, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
1970; New York: Da Capo Press, 1971. "The Scheitholt Family," pp.
263-291.
Pearse, John.
The Dulcimer Book. London: A. T. V. Kirschmer Music Ltd., Welback
Music Ltd., 1970.
Teach Yourself the Appalachian Dulcimer. London: English Folk
Dance and Song Society, 1966.
Putnam, John F.
"The Plucked Dulcimer." Mountain
Life and Work, volume
34, number 4, 1958, pp. 7-13.
The Plucked Dulcimer of the Southern Mountains. Berea, KY: Council
of the Southern Mountains, 1957. Revised as The
Plucked Dulcimer and How to Play It, 1961. 9th printing with revisions, Silver
Spring, MD: John F. Putnam (1905 Hopefield Road), 1976.
"Plucked Dulcimers Hit a High Note." Sing
Out!, volume
25, number 2, July-August 1976, p. 35.
"Survey of Dulcimer Makers." Mugwumps, volume 5, number
1, July-August 1976, pp. 7-9.
Pyle, Paul W.
The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Book. Tullahoma, TN: Paul Pyle
Studios, 1976.
How to Tune and Play the Dulcimer. Tullahoma, TN: Paul Pyle
Studios, 1973.
To Build a Dulcimer: A Simplified, Economical
Demonstration in the Construction, Tuning and Playing of the
Dulcimer. Tullahoma,
TN: Paul Pyle Studios, 1976.
Ritchie, Jean.
The Dulcimer Book. New York: Oak Publications, 1963.
Dulcimer People. New York: Oak Publications, 1975.
Singing Family of the Cumberlands. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1955. Reprint edition, New York: Oak Publications, 1963.
"Robert Mize, Dulcimer Maker." Foxfire, volume 8,
number 3, Fall 1974, pp. 230-240.
Rockwell, Jerry.
Chordal Explorations for 3-String Dulcimer. Essex Junction, VT:
Green Mountain Horizons Press, 1978.
Schecter, Martha.
Dulcimer Tuning. Cambridge, MA: M. Schecter, 1970.
Seay, Sarah.
"Modernizing a Mountain Art." Bittersweet, volume 1,
number 2, Winter 1973, pp. 36-41.
Seeger, Charles.
"The Appalachian Dulcimer." Journal
of American Folklore,
volume 72, number 279, January-March 1958, pp. 40-51. Reprinted
in Seeger, Charles, Studies in Musicology
1937-1975, Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1977, pp. 252-272.
Shoemaker, Henry W.
The Music and Musical Instruments of the
Pennsylvania Mountaineers.
Altoona, PA: Times Tribune Co., 1923.
Smith, Ralph Lee.
"Some Pointers for Beginning Dulcimer Players." Sing
Out!, volume 20, number 2, November-December 1970, pp. 11-13.
Snortheim, Olaf.
"Der Langeleik in Norwegan." Pro
Musica: Blätter für
Musik von Volk zu Volk, number 1, January-February 1953, pp.
6-8.
Steffens, Arlene.
"The Southern Highland Dulcimer and Its Craftsman." Music
Clubs Magazine, volume 49, number 3, 1970, pp. 14-15.
Stephens, Rockwell.
"The Mountain Dulcimer." Vermont
Life, volume 24, number
1, Autumn 1969, pp. 16-18.
Stradner, Fritz.
Eine Alte Scheitholz-Zither." Österreichische Musikzeitschrift,
volume 21, number 9, September 1966, pp. 454-459.
"Vom Scheitholz zur Kratz-Zither: Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte
der Zither." Jahrbuch des Österreichischen Volksliedwerkes,
volume 18, 1969, pp. 66-80.
Street, Julia Montgomery.
"Mountain Dulcimer." North Carolina
Folklore, volume
14, number 2, November 1966, pp. 26-30.
Sturgill, Virgil.
"The History of the Appalachian Dulcimer." Washington
Folk Strums, number 1, April 1, 1964, p. 2; number 2, May 1,
1964, p. 4.
Tannen, Holly.
"Playing Dulcimer with Other Instruments." Sing
Out!,
volume 24, number 1, March-April 1975, pp. 17-19.
"Women and the Dulcimer." Sing
Out!, volume 25, number
2, July-August 1976, pp. 19-21.
Taylor, Vernon H.
"From Fact to Fancy in Dulcimer Discoveries." Tennessee
Folklore Society Bulletin, volume 23, number 4, December 1957,
pp. 109-113.
Thomas, Jean and Joseph A. Leeder.
The Singin' Gatherin': Tunes from the Southern
Appalachians.
New York: Silver Burdett Co., 1939. "Mountain Instruments
and Their Usage," pp. 54-57.
[no author] "Tom Dailey." Mountain
Trace, volume 1, number 1,
Spring 1975, pp. 59-69.
Tucker, George H.
"A Love Ballad Needs a Dulcimore…" Norfolk
Virginia-Pilot,
June 22, 1969, p. C6.
Walin, Stig.
Die Schwedische Hummel: Eine Instrumentenkindliche
Untersuchung.
Stockholm: Nordiska Museet, 1952.
Wheeler, Pete.
"Dulcimer Making." Reel Times, number 6, January 1977,
pp. 3-5.
Wigginton, Eliot.
Foxfire 3. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1975. "Robert
Mize, Dulcimer Maker," pp. 185-207.
Wilcox, Lee.
"You Can Make Sweet Music on the Appalachian Dulcimer." House
Beautiful, volume 104, number 10, October 1962, pp. 204, 226-228.
Wilkie, Richard W.
Playing Lead Dulcimer. Albany, NY: Three City Press, 1972.
"Your Pick of Appalachian Dulcimers." Popular
Science,
Volume 203, number 6, December 1973, pp. 102-106.
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