Andrew Rowan Summers (December 15, 1912– March 1968) was an American folk singer and player of the Appalachian dulcimer. [1] He is credited with a large role in preserving Appalachian music from extinction. [2] Summers was among the earliest musicians to draw attention to the dulcimer to a wider audience outside the Appalachians, with John Jacob Niles being one of the few earlier. [3]
Summers was born in Abingdon, Virginia in 1912, and enrolled in the University of Virginia in 1930. [4] Despite his interest in music, he ended up getting a degree in law, working as an attorney and later teaching at New York University. [5]
Partial discography
- All entries under Folkways Records
- The Unquiet Grave (1951)
- Seeds Of Love (single, 1951)
- The Lady Gay (single, 1954)
- Andrew Rowan Summers (1957)
- Christmas Carols (1966)
References
- ^ "Andrew Rowan Summers". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Douglas Summers Brown (1970). The Office. p. 5.
- ^ Bob Coltman (2008). Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival. Scarecrow Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8108-6132-9.
- ^ Ray McKinley Lawless (1960). Folksingers and folksongs in America: a handbook of biography, bibliography, and discography. Illustrated from paintings by Thomas Hart Benton and others, and from designs in Steuben glass. 1st ed. Sloan and Pearce. p. 220.
- ^ David Bonner (26 November 2007). Revolutionizing Children's Records: The Young People's Records and Children's Record Guild Series, 1946-1977. Scarecrow Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-4617-1938-0.
Further reading
- Sweet Singer of the Virginia Highlands: Andrew Rowan Summers. Virginia Cavalcade 1996 45(3): 100-109
- http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/folkways/FW02348.pdf