BILL COPERTHWAITE

a new perspective on our culture by investigatingothercultures,notmerelyas sociologicalobservers,butasparticipants inanongoingprocess.Thedevelopment of theancientMongolian Gerintothemod- ernYurt represents such anactive partici- pationinthe synthesis offolkwisdomand contemporary technique. Bill's involve- mentwiththeEskimosrepresentsacon- cernforthesituationof thesepeopleas wellasaninterest inwhatthereisforus tolearnfromaculturewhichhasmain- tainedanintimatebondwith the natural world.

Revenue fromthesaleofYurt plansis puttowardtheEskimo

Museum

project whichisexplained morefully in Bill's letter.

October

1,1970

Bucks Harbor,Maine 0461

An Eskimo museum

isbeingcre- ated and

unbeknownst

tomost of you,the

money you

investedin aYurt planwas helpingto

make

thisproject possible.

The museum

isacollectionofarti- factsandfilmsfrom

Eskimo

lifeacross the Arctic.Itwilltravel tothe

Eskimo

villagesofAlaska withtheintentionof creating gieater knowledge and re- spect

among

the

Eskimo

peoplefor theirculturalheritage.Thiswillbea small, mobile

museum

going from village to villagebyplane,

snowmobile

anddogsled.

Forthelastthreeyears!havebeen assembling this collection and pre- paring to takeitinto thefield.Thisfall itwill

come

about underthesponsor- shipoftheUniversityof Alaska,the Alaska State

Museum,

the Harvard Graduate School of Education andthe newly formed Yurt Foundation.

The

Yurtdesign andthe publica- tionofthe planhave beensoenthu- siastically received that

two new

organizationshave been formed.

(1)

YURT DESIGNS

INC..

BOX

183,

CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHU- SETTS.

Thisisa businessorganization concerned with the production of yurtsandtheprovidingof consultant helpforthose requestingit.

(2)

THE YURT FOUNDATION, BUCKS HARBOR, MAINE. A

private non-profitcorporationhasbeenset

up

so that

money coming

to

me

fromthe saleofyurts oryurtplanscanbe

more

fully usedforeducationalpurposes.

The chief concern of the Yurt Foundationwillbethe collectingof

folk knowledge

from

around the world andthecombining ofthiswith contributions

from modern know-

ledge for thepurpose ofcreating alife style whichwill be simplerandin

more

intimate contact with the naturalworld while promotingintel- lectualandcreative fulfillment.

THE FIRST PROJECT

It is.afittingbeginningthatthefirst projectsponsored bytheYurtFoun- dation is one concerned with the buildingofgreaterrespectfortheir heritage

among

the

Eskimo

people.It isoutofgreatrespect for the

Eskimo

culture,their

way

oflife,theirfolk

wisdom

and out ofgratitude forwhat

Ihave learned

from them

that Igo northwiththiscollection.

To

aiiyonewishing

more

informa- tiononthe

Eskimo museum

orthe YurtFoundation,itwillbesent.

$4,000 have been promisedingifts todateforthe

museum

conditional

upon

the raising oftheadditional

$10,000 neededtocompletethepro- ject.

Would you

liketoshare furtherin sponsoring the

museum? Do you knowof

others

who would?

If

you

can help financially, checks should be

made

payabletotheYurtFoundation and sent to

me

at Bucks Harbor, Maine.

A new

issueofthe yurtplanisout asof August.Ithasagreensod roof (complete with goat) and

more

infor- mationtoeaseconstruction.

It

makes me

very

happy

tobeable tooffertheopportunityfor

you

tobe ofuse to the

Eskimo

people

.

BILL COPERTHWAITE

8ak

Babfeatiens

;sof hereand

now,

oldand new.

B

^{thePilgrimFatherstothe}Chicanos,each arrivingwaveofnewcomershas brought a fresh traditionoffolkmusictocontrastwith, tostimulate,and eventuallytojointhe mainstreamofAmericanfolkmusic.

Someofthesesongs arestillbeing sung,in muchtheiroriginalform.Othershave under- gone changesintheirnewenvironment.Songs whoserootsare traceable backto their original sourcesinthehillsand harborsofBritainare availableinOakeditions—collected inthe southernmountainsbyfolklorists likePeggy Seeger, or transcribed fromthe singing of old-timeartistslikeDoc Watson and The Stanley Brothers.

Thenthereare theworks oflatter-day balladeerslikeWoodyGuthrieand Leadbelly, whotook the songs other people sangand infusedthemwiththeirowngenius, tocreate newsongs with anewlifeof theirown. In the sameageless,down-to-earth vein; there are thefolksongsofmodernlife—peoplelikethe tartand pungentMalvinaReynolds, the gentleyoungwit,TomPaxton,andthewise, winningand whimsical Pete Seeger.

Everyday,new Americanfolksongs are being sungintolife.Somany,in fact, thatyoucould spendyourlifetimedelvingin thisfertile fieldonlyto findsomany newsongswere sproutingupallthetimethatyoucouldnever keepuptodate.Oak'sgrowinglibraryof Americanfolkmusic includes themosttime- lessofthenewsongs as well as themostvital oftheold.

Withinthiscollection,you'll findsongs cover- ingthe whole rangeoftheAmericanexperience

—songs of adventureandtriumph,songsof protestand^satire,songsdocumenting the nation's birthanditsfitfulstruggletoward maturity.You'llfindsongsabouthuman-scale matters,too—lovesandjealousies,feudsand fiascos,andevery variety of laughterknown tohumanity.There are songstoput babiesto sleepwith,and songsyoumight notwantyour mothertooverhear.There are songsforevery occasion— organizing a union,blessingamar- riage,planting atree,joininganarmyor stopping a war. Songs,insum,thatshowevery indicationof livingonandon,aslong as there arepeopletosingthem andsharethem.

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withmelodyline, lyricsand chord names.

$1.95 /cloth $3.95/Illustrated

LittleBoxesand OtherHandmade Songs/Ma/v>na Reynolds

Over50 songs by Berkeley'sfamedballad- makerandcommentatoron thetimes.

IncludesLittleBoxes,TlimAroundBattleOf MaxtonField,From

Way Up

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$2.95 /Original drawings

Broadside,Vol.l/SisCunningham 74songsofour timesfrom the pages of the topicalsongmagazine Broadside. Original songsbyLenChandler,BobDylan,Pete LaFarge,PhilOchs,

Tom

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S2.95/Illustrated

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$2.95/Illustrated

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A

newcollectionmorethan80topicalsongs from the pagesofAmerica'sNumber1topical song magazine.

New

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Tom

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D. Kirkpatrick, JanisIan,MikeMillius.JimmyCollier, manyothers.Withguitarchords.

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TheCoffeeHouse Songbook/

JayEdwards andRobert Kelley 164 songs including standards,originalsand unusual versions of old songs currently beingsungon thecoffeehousecircuitacross the country.

$3.95 /Originaldrawings

For a Free, Complete,Oakcatalog,writeusat 33 West60thStreet,

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Doc Watson/

Over30songs.Includes words,melodyline and chord names, together with^guitar transcriptions ofinstrumental breaks and basic guitaraccompanimentpatterns- showninboth standard music notation and tablature.Forewordand background notes on each song by Doc. Introduction by RalphRinzler.

$2.95/Illustrated

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$2.95/Illustrated

Folk Lullabies/

Michael and Barbara Cass-Beggs Ifthereisauniversal music,it isthelullaby.

Thisbeautiful traditionoflullabysong has nowbeen gatheredinto ahandsomeanduseful collectionof folk lullabiesfrommorethan50 differentpeoples.Withmelodyline, original languageandliteral translation.

$2.95 Paper/ $6.95 Cloth/Illustrated

BluesHarp/ Tony"LittleSun"Glover

A

fulllength presentationofblues harmonica playingbased on the musicofsuch greatper- formers asSonnyBoyWilliamson,Little Walter,Jimmy ReedandSonnyTerry.

$2.95/lllustrated

How

toPlay the Five-String Banjo/

Pete Seeger

Thebasicmanualforbanjoplayers,with melodyline, lyrics,and banjoaccompaniment andsolosnotatedinstandard form and tablature.Revised enlargededition.

$2.00/Illustrated

Old-Time MountainBanjo/

Art Rosenbaurrj

A

practicalapproachtoteachingold-time, 5-stringmountain banjo. Includes^trailing;

various2-and3-finger styles; special tunings, etc.Songs areintablature and standard music notation with^lyricsand chord symbols.

$2.95/Illustrated

Songsfor AllYearLongand Gosh,What aWonderful World!/Gi7 Slote TVodozenchildren'ssongs especiallycom- posedforelementary schoolsocialstudies programs.(As recorded on Folkways).

Includesteachingguide, fullpiano arrange- ments,guitarchords, spiralbindingfor pianouse.

$2.95/Illustrated

TheDulcimerBook/JeanRitchie

A

manualforplaying the Appalachian Dulcimer, with 16illustrative songs, history ofthe instrument,etc.

$2.95/Illustrated

A

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TheRecorder Guide/ Ar(hur Nitka and JohannaE.Kulbach

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FLAMEN<0 CUITAR

I

TheNatedlKith.

Strip

a

Fender amp and

you'll

begin

to

understand why more of them are sold than

all

other amps put together.

They sound good because they're made good.

Take the speakers. They're designed and selected

to

match the

rest

of the top-notch com- ponents. To give you the sharpest acoustic projection and presence.

And

if

you're

really

choosy, you can buy most Fender amps with JBL's

installed in

the

factory.

Then consider the

circuitry.

Engi- neered by Leo Fender himself,

it

builds the sound

in

right from the

start.

Many amps scope out with

a

very

flat

curve. In Fender amps the low and high ends are exaggerated

and the mid-range

falls

down

alittlebit in

accent. This

is

no accident. We do

itto

compensate

for

the

irregularites

of

a

typical guitar

signal.

The

resultisa

perfectlv rounded response curve that

lets

your guitar sound the way

it's

supposed

to

sound.

Power and output transformers

in

Fender amps are

all

hea\y weights. You can put plenty of punch

in

your

signal.

They won't blow

out.

Then there are the

cases.

They're

built

hard

as rock.

We put three-quarters of an inch of wood between

the guts and those hard stage knocks. And

all

four corners are lock-jointed, most with protective metal corner

caps.

It all

adds up

to

amps being

a lot

like

people.

It's

what's inside that

reallv

counts.

j^fuS^^

THE DULCINER AND