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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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John Jacob Niles, renowned folk singer and dulcimer maker, will perform traditional British Isles songs preserved in Appalachia at Spelman College on May 9. He has collected over 1000 folk songs since age 15.
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John Jacob Niles, eminent folk singer, who accompanies himself on dulcimers of his own making, will bring a program of love songs, carols, nursery rhymes and ballads to his audience at Spelman College on Tuesday, May 9.
These songs represent a collection of century-old music from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland which have been handed down by oral transmission and brought to this country in the 17th and 18th centuries by immigrants. Today this music still lives in the Appalachian Mountains in remote corners of Kentucky, North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
Mr. Niles makes colorful pictures as he performs. He has been collecting and arranging folk songs ever since he was fifteen years old. His store now comprises over 1000 texts and various numbers including madrigals, ballads, sailor chanties and carols.
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John Jacob Niles, a folk singer who makes his own dulcimers, will perform love songs, carols, nursery rhymes, and ballads at Spelman College on May 9. These songs are century-old music from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, brought to America in the 17th and 18th centuries and preserved in the Appalachian Mountains. Niles has collected and arranged over 1000 folk songs since age fifteen, including madrigals, ballads, sailor chanties, and carols.