Edward Komara, SUNY Potsdam

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Timeline (part 1 of 4):

The 2007 MLA Pittsburgh Plenary Session on Canonicity

Daniel Boomhower, moderator, with Marcia Citron (Rice University), Daniel Schiff (Reed College), Virginia Danielson (Harvard University), and Edward Komara

Papers published collectively in Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 64, no. 2 (December 2007): 209-247.

For a report on the session, see Scott Phinney, “Annual Meeting, Plenary Session III: Musical Canons and American Library Collections,” MLA Newsletter (May-June 2007): 3-5.

Komara to Liza Vick, March 13, 2008, distinctions between folk/traditional music and folk/commercial music:

1. Folk is a social music, vs. Popular is a commercial music2. Folk: ceremonial music, vs Popular: theatrical music3. Folk: unnamed informal groups, vs. Popular: named formal groups4. Folk: documented in field recordings (often live) for study by non-interventionist producer, vs. Popular: documented in recordings (often studio) for sale by a creator-producer

And as an impish fifth point:5. Folk: disregarded by the Grammys for selling too few records, vs. Popular: disregarded by the American Folklife Center (Library of Congress) for selling too many records! (Someone like Ralph Stanley of the Stanley Brothers, who received awards from both, was an exception)

Chief differences of BML4 from BML3

Chapters and contributors for Popular Music:

Timeline (part 2 of 4)

Spreadsheet headingsSectionGenreSubGenreVarious or IndividualPerformer (featured) where applicablePerformer birth/death dates (where applicable)FormatItem TitlePublisherPublisher numberNumber and type of discsYears of coverage (optional)Year of current issueAdditional performers (for anthologies)OCLC accession numberRating (optional)Out of print status (where applicable)x Cross reference

Timeline (part 3 of 4):

Timeline (part 4 of 4)

3201. Knight, Tom. The Library Boogie [2001]. Orchard Kids: OK2101. 2010. CD.

206. Bessie Smith

206.1 Bessie Smith Songbook. Hal Leonard: HL00308232. 1994. Score.206.2 The Complete Recordings, Vols. 1–5 [1923– 1933]. Columbia: C2K-47091, -47471,

-47474, -52838, -57546. 1991–1994. 5 2-CD sets.206.3 The Complete Recordings, Vols. 1–8 [1923–1933]. Frog / UK: DGF 40-DGF 47. 2001. 8 CDs.206.4 Empress of the Blues, Vol. 2 [1926–1933]. JSP: 930. 2006. 4 CDs.206.5 *The Essential Bessie Smith [1923–1933]. Columbia: C2K 64922. 1997. 2 CDs.206.6 Queen of the Blues, Vol. 1 [1923–1926]. JSP: 929. 2006. 4 CDs.

Jazz and Film (partial)1055 Alfie [1966] (Sonny Rollins, Oliver Nelson)

1055.1 Impulse!: IMPD-224. 1997. CD.1055.2 Paramount: 6604. 2000. DVD.

1056 Anatomy of a Murder [1959] (Duke Ellington)1056.1 Columbia / Legacy: 65569. 1999. CD. Import available.1056.2 Columbia TriStar HomeVideo: 7019. 2000. DVD.

1057 Ascenseur Pour L’echafaud [Lift to the Scaffold] [1957] (Miles Davis)1057.1 Criterion Collection: CC1627D. 2006. DVD.1057.2 Verve: B0009398-02. 2007. CD.

1058 The Benny Goodman Story [1955]1058.1 Capitol: 33569. 1995. CD.1058.2 Universal: 22636. 2003. DVD.

Country Music (sample)

Rolling Stones (first appearance in Rock)

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