The old and weird America

Anthology; the chosen music and literary works that are published in one publication. The experiences of World War 2 and the witch trails led to ethnomusicologist to wonder the origin of its lyrics. The combination of different types of music, which comes in various literary forms, seemed to be weird in the sense of combination.  Smith tries to find something similar in the aspect of the composure of music.  The anthology of American folk music became compelling in its existence.  Smith believes it’s an historical invention of his ideals. He uses his boyhood, to create his anthology; which I found that to be interesting. Smith learned the method of composure of old style music through melodies and phrases, which he then categorizes the music into three areas, ballads, social music and songs.