111:). The subject of his masterâs dissertation: âTHE BLUES GUITAR â As Illustrated by the Practices of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) and Josh White.â The research he conducted on blues led directly to the publication in 1958 by MacMillan of his first book: âFolk Bluesâ, which contains 110 traditional blues arranged for voice, piano and guitar. Here is a brief excerpt from the introduction to the book which sets the tone of the work: âIn spite of the perennial popularity of blues songsâŚno collection has ever been available before now. I became aware of the scarcity of published scholarly material dealing with the blues and the complete absence of any general folk blues collections before now while doing graduate work in music at New York University. Since then, as a teacher and professional performer, I have been plagued by this glaring and inexplicable sin of omission â so much so that I decided to do the job myself.â
103:, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson (who was the âpatron saintâ of the camp), union songs and songs of the Spanish Civil War. It was a life-changing experience for him. He began teaching himself the guitar when he returned home from camp. Jerry returned to Wo-Chi-Ca (with guitar) in 1946, and as a counselor in 1947 and 1948, where he met Joe Jaffe, who played banjo and guitar with Seeger occasionally. Jerry started studying with Joe at the Neighborhood Music School in 1947. In 1948, Jaffe suggested that Jerry take over as the guitar teacher at the School when he left. Jerry graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx in 1948, enrolled in CCNY (
91:. It was populated largely by eastern European Jewish immigrant families. Gerard âJerryâ Silverman (b. 1931) was their only child. Bill was a self employed fabric supplier for Broadway theatrical productions, but was also an accomplished amateur mandolin player. Jerry began taking classical mandolin lessons at the nearby Neighborhood Music School with teacher Matthew Kahn at age 10. In the summer of 1945, Jerry attended Camp Wo-Chi-Ca (Workers Childrenâs Camp) in Hackettstown, New Jersey, where for the first time he was exposed to 78 rpm recordingsof folk singer
19:(born 1931) is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books. He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle. He has taught guitar to hundreds of students. He has presented concerts and lectures at schools, universities and concert halls in the U.S. and abroad.
150:ââFolkways Recordsââ asked Silverman to expand the 16-page instructional brochure that had been inserted into the jacket of Seegerâs ââFolkwaysââ LP. The book, entitled âThe Folksingerâs Guitar Guideâ was published in 1962. It was the first guitar instruction book for folksinging guitarists and sold well over 300,000 copies. Silverman added
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In 1952, Silverman was the first non-classical student to graduate from CCNY with a B.S. of Music. He then entered the graduate studies of
Musicology program at New York University, also the first folk musician to enter into this program. After writing his Masters Thesis on "the blues guitarâ,
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Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaustââ (Syracuse University Press, 2002), which contains 110 songs in 16 languages - Yiddish, German, Hebrew,Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Ladino, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and
31:. The songs include the works of concentration camp prisoners and inhabitants of the ghettos of Eastern Europe as well anti-Fascist anthems inspired by the Spanish Civil War, Red Army songs, and songs of Resistance fighters;
130:, which were led by Pete Seeger, and where Silverman performed regularly. Many of these âhootsâ were recorded on LP, and a notable recording of "Mule-Skinner Blues" included Silverman on lead, accompanied by Seeger and
107:) in Spring 1949 and graduated in Spring 1952 with a B.S. degree in Music. He was the first ânon-classicalâ music major to earn that degree. In 1955 he earned a Masterâs degree in Musicology at NYU (
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in 1964, followed by a long series of other method books and folksong anthologies. He has had over 200 books published since, with the last being
126:, The Folksong Magazineââ. Eventually, he took on full responsibility as the Music Editor. Fundraising for the magazine led to well-publicized
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