MUSI 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sara Carter, Carter Family, Maybelle Carter
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Alvin pleasant carter (1891-1960), born in maces spring, va. A. p. collected, arranged, and published folk music that the carter family recorded. A. p. earned royalties from the published sheet music. He also sometimes played the violin and sang with the carter family. While a: was highly energetic, he lacked focus and as an adult he worked at many different trades before focusing on music. His mother, mollie bays, was a very religious woman who ended up doing much of the work on the family farm. She loved music and enjoyed singing hymns and traditional ballads, known as english songs because the ballad form (and some of the songs) were brought to the usa by english and scotch-irish immigrants who settled in appalachia. P. "s uncle flanders bays earned a living by teaching in singing schools in southwestern virginia and sometimes a. p. helped his uncle. Eventually he decided to sell fruit trees for a living, which is how he met.
