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vary slightly between performances, and she often created new songs by using bits of material from existing ones or adding newly composed verses to flesh out song fragments she recalled from her childhood. Unfortunately, Cecil Sharp had failed to arrange a meeting with Jason
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father labeled her as a "natural born musician". By 1949, her dulcimer playing had become a hallmark of her style. After her husband George Pickow made her one as a present, the couple decided there might be a potential market for them, and Morris Pickow, Pickow's uncle, set up an instrument workshop for them under the
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collected songs from Jean's older sisters May (1896–1982) and Una (1900–1989), whilst her sister Edna (1910–1997) also learnt the old ballads, much later releasing her own album of traditional songs with dulcimer accompaniment. Most of the
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American ballads and the songs from England, Scotland and Ireland. As a song-collector, she began by setting down the 300 songs that she already knew from her mother's knee. Then, Ritchie and her husband,
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Ritchie was married to photographer George Pickow from 1950 until his death in 2010, with whom she had two sons, Peter (1954–) and
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for the Sorbonne University published in Paris in 1925). Jean's father Balis had printed up a book of old songs entitled
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Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family
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signed her and she released her first album of family songs,
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in 1910 or 1911, which contained the most popular songs in
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Long Island Music Hall of Fame Second Induction Award Gala
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After graduating she got a job as a social worker at the
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American folk singer, songwriter and musician (1922–2015)
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Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973
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Children's Songs & Games from the Southern Mountains
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in 1959, and served on the first folklore panel for the
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of Company C of the 13th Kentucky Confederate Cavalry.
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She is ultimately responsible for the revival of the
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1180:The Appalachian Dulcimer: An Instructional Record
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941:(1977), which won the 1977 critics’ award in
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781:Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition
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1984:Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections
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2481:"Broadcast – BBC Programme Index"
2170:Winick, Stephen (June 11, 2015).
2117:Lomax, foreword to Jean Ritchie,
1810:Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book
1649:
1590:
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1371:Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book
1290:Singing Family of the Cumberlands
1124:Singing Family of the Cumberlands
916:(1969), and the tune was used by
731:Singing Family of the Cumberlands
727:Singing Family of the Cumberlands
705:took Ritchie and Pickow to visit
273:, an unincorporated community in
3143:Adeniyi, Luqman (June 2, 2015).
2841:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2739:Finn, Robin (November 7, 2008).
2187:
2019:"The Ritchie and Keith Families"
1546:Derienzo, Paul (June 18, 2015).
697:festival, and presented several
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3391:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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1470:National Endowment for the Arts
1251:Kentucky Christmas, Old and New
1155:Folkways (1960) (Child ballads)
961:Kentucky Educational Television
948:Her 50th anniversary album was
765:National Endowment for the Arts
617:In 1952, Ritchie was awarded a
184:
3551:Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
3115:Fox, Margalit (June 2, 2015).
1778:
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1462:’s Lifetime Achievement (1998)
1383:Jean Ritchie's Dulcimer People
1130:The Ritchie Family of Kentucky
1056:
1040:Long Island Music Hall of Fame
37:Ritchie playing the dulcimer,
1:
3937:University of Kentucky alumni
3922:American folk-song collectors
3536:Nelda Lambert Barton-Collings
2456:"Mudcat Café Message 1619519"
2244:"Mudcat Café Message 2598185"
2207:"Mudcat Café Message 1422423"
1855:"Mudcat Café Message 2249126"
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1112:Saturday Night and Sunday Too
1106:American Folk Tales and Songs
440:University of the Cumberlands
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311:False Sir John and May Colvin
307:Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender
38:
3932:Folk musicians from Kentucky
3912:Appalachian dulcimer players
3907:American women musicologists
2921:Library of Congress (1984).
1787:, foreword to Jean Ritchie,
1708:Carter-Schwendler, Karen L.
1466:National Heritage Fellowship
1365:University Press of Kentucky
1038:, and was inducted into the
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3987:21st-century American women
3982:Flying Fish Records artists
3711:Beula Cornelius Aspley Nunn
3455:Videos on Woodsongs Archive
3047:Retrieved November 6, 2010.
2869:S, Joe (January 19, 2017).
2374:Research.culturalequity.org
1834:www.bluegrassmessengers.com
1476:
1389:Ritchie, Jean, ed. (1953).
1338:Apple Seeds and Soda Straws
1149:Field Trip – England (1959)
882:, after he heard his wife,
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446:, and from there graduated
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3972:American women songwriters
3902:American women folklorists
3811:Julia Ann Hieronymus Tevis
3043:November 30, 2010, at the
3023:. p. 111 – via
2895:Institution, Smithsonian.
2404:archive.culturalequity.org
2073:ancestors.familysearch.org
2048:ancestors.familysearch.org
1352:Ritchie, Jean (1965/1997)
927:The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
381:Old Regular Baptist Church
345:in 1776 (including at the
3962:Musicians from Appalachia
3957:Tradition Records artists
3952:Riverside Records artists
3892:Songwriters from Kentucky
3561:Sally Shallenberger Brown
3511:
3505:Kentucky Women Remembered
3002:. p. 37 – via
2231:Biography of Jean Ritchie
2172:"Jean Ritchie, 1922–2015"
1483:List of the Child Ballads
1269:Legends of Old Time Music
1138:(1959) (with Oscar Brand)
1090:(1954) (with Oscar Brand)
1001:Hindman Settlement School
740:" church she attended in
324:Hindman Settlement School
301:at that time, including "
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2779:October 1, 2011, at the
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2007:, Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 15.
1224:High Hills and Mountains
1076:Kentucky Mountains Songs
897:Kentucky Mountains Songs
878:", which was covered by
849:Golden Apples of the Sun
823:) appeared on the album
603:The Fulbright expedition
491:Emily Elizabeth Barnacle
474:. According to Ritchie,
470:as well as learning the
3947:Elektra Records artists
3821:Harriet Drury Van Meter
3651:Nelle Pitcock Horlander
3091:"Jean Ritchie Turns 90"
2901:Smithsonian Institution
2557:Boggs, Beverly (1982).
2274:libraryguides.berea.edu
1631:"Jean Ritchie obituary"
1323:. New York: Oak Music.
1294:Oxford University Press
1204:Clear Waters Remembered
1018:Personal life and death
985:Scotch-Irish immigrants
693:, including its annual
517:Henry Street Settlement
3897:American women singers
3806:Caroline Burnam Taylor
3726:Katherine Graham Peden
3686:Lucille Caudill Little
3661:Louise Gilman Hutchins
3611:Alice Allison Dunnigan
3075:March 6, 2012, at the
1799:(University of Texas).
1468:(2002) awarded by the
1406:Ritchie, Jean (1971).
1336:Ritchie, Jean (1965).
1319:Ritchie, Jean (1963).
1288:Ritchie, Jean (1955).
1143:Carols for All Seasons
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3977:Singers from Kentucky
3887:American folk singers
3816:Jeannette Bell Thomas
3756:Sarah Felt Richardson
3731:Mary T. Meagher Plant
3571:Claire Louise Caudill
3347:Lifton, Sarah (1983)
3070:Jean Ritchie recovers
2531:Library of Congress.
2507:"Mudcat Café Message"
2268:Miller, Christopher.
1739:berea.libraryhost.com
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3741:Lillian Henken Press
3736:Georgia Davis Powers
3716:Clara Sanford Oldham
3701:Michael Leo Mullaney
3681:Katherine G. Langley
3671:Grace Marilynn James
3616:Mary Elliott Flanery
3591:Martha Layne Collins
3566:Willa Beatrice Brown
3171:"Field Trip-England"
2701:Bluegrass Messengers
2436:on December 30, 2013
2370:"Alan Lomax Archive"
1210:Jean Ritchie At Home
975:Appalachian dulcimer
967:The dulcimer revival
721:Musical achievements
413:Cumberland Mountains
279:Cumberland Mountains
224:Appalachian dulcimer
205:Appalachian dulcimer
3917:Appalachian culture
3746:Sarah Frances Price
3646:Julia Britton Hooks
3626:Mary Peterson Gregg
3366:secondhandsongs.com
3271:"Precious Memories"
2927:Library of Congress
2719:www.facingsouth.org
2676:Treasury Collection
2563:Appalachian Journal
2485:genome.ch.bbc.co.uk
2380:on October 26, 2019
1664:obits.columbian.com
1522:. pp. 359/60.
1206:(1974) Geordie 101
1100:Songs from Kentucky
993:Williamsburg Bridge
920:for his 1963 song "
914:Fairport Convention
750:"Brightest And Best
738:Old Regular Baptist
572:Library of Congress
485:, she taught in an
353:before settling on
315:The Lyttle Musgrave
3851:Doris Y. Wilkinson
3781:Catherine Spalding
3596:Jane Todd Crawford
3122:The New York Times
2977:. December 8, 2020
2802:mainlynorfolk.info
2745:The New York Times
2577:– via JSTOR.
2069:"FamilySearch.org"
2044:"FamilySearch.org"
2005:Folk Music Journal
1518:(Third ed.).
1239:The Most Dulcimer
1192:A Time For Singing
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3606:Dolores Delahanty
3601:Emma Guy Cromwell
3531:Hannah Hume Baird
3526:Mary Willie Arvin
2487:. August 14, 1959
2023:The Kitchen Table
1445:Awards and honors
1436:978-1-4950-0788-0
1378:978-0-8131-0973-2
1361:978-0-8131-0927-5
1303:978-0-8131-0186-6
1245:O Love Is Teasin'
1174:Precious Memories
1012:The Most Dulcimer
1008:The Dulcimer Book
904:) was covered by
902:A Time For Singin
810:Cherry Tree Carol
695:Royal Albert Hall
654:in Scotland; and
648:Jeannie Robertson
597:The Little Devils
487:elementary school
347:Siege of Yorktown
343:Revolutionary War
197:Jean Ruth Ritchie
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924:" on the album
906:Shirley Collins
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78:(2015-06-01)
76:June 1, 2015
25:Jean Ritchie
18:
3882:2015 deaths
3877:1922 births
3721:Judi Patton
3541:Anne Braden
3467:94 minutes.
3461:84 minutes.
3100:October 27,
2932:October 16,
2542:October 16,
2384:October 27,
2098:www.nps.gov
1989:January 14,
1964:October 23,
1939:October 23,
1914:October 23,
1889:October 23,
1839:December 9,
1795:in 1967 as
1271:(2002, DVD)
1057:Discography
937:Her record
912:(1966) and
910:Bert Jansch
880:Johnny Cash
864:Shady Grove
845:Pretty Saro
678:(1959) and
660:Bob Roberts
640:Leo Rowsome
636:Sarah Makem
589:Gypsum Davy
552:Oscar Brand
540:The Weavers
533:Pete Seeger
529:Oscar Brand
495:Artus Moser
452:social work
433:Pretty Saro
397:Cecil Sharp
366:Confederate
319:Cecil Sharp
213:Appalachian
201:folk singer
140:Flying Fish
3871:Categories
3791:Ann Stokes
3761:Joan Riehm
3751:Lyda Ramey
3581:Laura Clay
3426:January 1,
3095:Mudcat.org
2511:mudcat.org
2460:mudcat.org
2329:October 2,
2304:October 2,
2248:mudcat.org
2211:mudcat.org
1859:mudcat.org
1785:Alan Lomax
1489:References
1082:Field Trip
868:Doc Watson
856:Doc Watson
851:" (1962).
778:Her album
668:Field Trip
593:The Cuckoo
548:Hootenanny
510:Alan Lomax
419:including
403:Early life
370:Lieutenant
209:folk songs
136:Greenhays,
102:Occupation
57:1922-12-08
3631:Eula Hall
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2103:March 31,
2078:March 31,
2053:March 31,
1719:March 31,
1552:amNewYork
1399:m53001732
1042:in 2008.
918:Bob Dylan
858:entitled
699:BBC radio
656:Harry Cox
574:in 1951.
464:glee club
460:Lexington
454:from the
331:Stewarton
238:Joan Baez
234:Bob Dylan
158:Tradition
146:Riverside
92:Education
3416:Arts.gov
3073:Archived
3041:Archived
3025:ProQuest
3004:ProQuest
2825:, p. 116
2807:July 12,
2777:Archived
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