Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
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The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes, an Essential
Folk Music Reference Work, is here.
Ordering: www.mkfiddletunes.com
AVONDALE, PA, USA – FEB. 27, 2011-The Milliner-Koken Collection of
American Fiddle Tunes is here!
This is an essential resource for anyone interested in old-time
American fiddle tunes. Fiddlers and folk musicians of all stripes will
welcome the 1400-plus transcriptions of American fiddle tunes
presented by skilled proponents of old-time fiddle and banjo Clare
Milliner and Walt Koken.
This monumental heirloom edition is an invaluable work for fiddlers
and other old-time melody-players who want to dig deep into the
earliest documentations of these magnificent American fiddle tunes.
The product of Clare Milliner’s 20 years of transcription work, the
collection has been augmented by the ear and experience of the
legendary Walt Koken, of Highwoods String Band fame.
While drawing primarily from Appalachian sources, this groundbreaking
and important work provides wonderful tunes from every part of the
U.S. and from Canada.
The collection contains tunes played by 347 old-time fiddlers and
bands, including such greats as Marcus Martin, Tommy Jarrell, Ed
Haley, J.P. Fraley, Lyman Enloe, Jehile Kirkhuff, Kenny Baker, and
Edden Hammons, to name just a few. The majority of the fiddlers
represented were born before 1900.
A must-have for libraries’ music reference collections, the Milliner-
Koken Collection is an essential resource for musicians who are
looking for ways to capture the spirit of the old-time tunes. The
comments and artists’ index also provide useful background for those
interested in American old-time fiddle tunes.
www.mkfiddletunes.com
Particulars:
1404 tunes in musical engravings, arranged alphabetically in 741
pages
Ten page introduction with explanations and examples
888 pages total
Main index arranged by title, with references to source recordings and
cross references to similar tunes and titles
Key index arranged alphabetically by key. Tuning index arranged
alphabetically by fiddle tuning
Artist index arranged alphabetically by fiddler, showing what tunes
are included by that artist
Artist profiles section with brief bios of the 347 fiddlers/bands
represented in the book.
Also a comments section with interesting information about the tunes
and fiddlers
Oversize format, easy to read
Cloth, hard bound cover in sewn signatures
Red satin ribbon bookmark
Lies flat when open
Library/heirloom quality
Mudthumper Music, Walt Koken, Clare Milliner, Milliner-Koken
Collection of American Fiddle Tunes, old-time fiddle tunes
CONTACT:
Walt Koken
the email contact is his first initial and last name as one word and
the ISP is comcast
Mudthumper Music
Box 791
Kennett Square PA 19348
www.mudthumper.com
Ordering: www.mkfiddletunes.com