Alan Lomax

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:music_education
gptkb:Anthropology
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_Lomax_Collection
gptkb:Folkways_Records
gptkb:Public_Library
gptkbp:award gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1915-01-15
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:born January 15, 1915
gptkbp:child gptkb:Anna_Lomax_Wood
gptkb:John_Lomax_III
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Woody_Guthrie
gptkb:Pete_Seeger
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:music_education
advocating for musicians' rights
cultural documentation
promoting cultural diversity
recording oral histories
documenting traditional music
preservation of folk music
gptkbp:death_date 2002-07-19
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Safety_Harbor,_Florida
gptkbp:died July 19, 2002
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkb:The_New_School_for_Social_Research
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:folklore
ethnomusicology
cultural anthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alan Lomax
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Woody_Guthrie
gptkb:Pete_Seeger
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
world music
folk revival movement
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Alan_Lomax_Sr.
gptkb:John_Lomax
gptkb:Béla_Bartók
gptkb:Zoltán_Kodály
gptkb:Mikhail_Bakhtin
Alan Lomax's father
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:The_Archive_of_Folk_Culture
gptkb:The_Association_for_Cultural_Equity
gptkb:The_Lomax_Collection
gptkb:American_Folklife_Center
Cultural Equity
gptkbp:known_for American folk music
cultural preservation
field recordings
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Folk_Song_Revival
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:American_Folk_Festival
discovery of Lead Belly
conducting fieldwork in the Mississippi Delta
conducting interviews with folk musicians
creating the ' American Patchwork' series
creating the ' Cultural Equity' website.
creating the ' Folk Music in America' series
documenting the music of the Caribbean
establishing the Association for Cultural Equity
participating in the Newport Folk Festival
receiving the National Medal of Arts
recording music in prisons and mental hospitals
recording the music of the Appalachian region
recording the music of the Southern United States
traveling to Europe for music research
working on the ' American Folklife Center' project
working with the BBC
publishing ' The Folk Songs of North America' in 1960
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Folk_Songs_of_North_America
gptkb:The_Library_of_Congress_Archive_of_Folk_Culture
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Author
gptkb:filmmakers
gptkb:music_education
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:London
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:San_Francisco
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Lomax
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lead_Belly
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4