Introduction to Styles
in Old-Time Music
by John Cohen
For years, the study of folklore was largely focused upon the literary content of the songs, while the music was presented merely in melody outline, if at all.

Some Thoughts
About Old-Time Music
by Mike Seeger
(with Paul Nelson)
I
Most of the songs we sing and play now were originally recorded by commercial companies and the Library of Congress in the Southeastern mountains between 1925 and 1935, and show the first attempts of the hill musicians to "make a hit" with old traditional songs that had been in the mountains since pioneer days.