a FRENCH MUSIC article

Cultures of Acadiana
a look at the French, Cajun, Creole, and Native American cultures of south Louisiana
(a project of Carencro High School - 721 West Butcher Switch Road, Lafayette, LA  70507)

Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998

FURTHER READING ON LOUISIANA'S FRENCH MUSIC

by Jim Bradshaw


  • Acadian Folk Songs, Irène Thérèse Whitfield, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1955
  • "Acculturation in Cajun Folk Music," Harry Oster, in Buying the Wind, Regional Folklore in the United States, Richard M. Dorson, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • An Abbreviated History of Cajun and Zydeco Music, Carolyn Russell, Altadena, California, 1987
  • Bayou Ballads, Twelve Folk Songs from Louisiana, Mina Monroe, G. Schimer Inc., New York, 1921
  • Cajun Dancing, Ormonde Plater, Cynthia and Rand Speyrer, Pelican Publishing, Gretna, 1993
  • "Cajun Music, An Acadiana Tradition," Revon Reed, Acadiana Profile Magazine, Vol. 4, . No. 3, October/November 1974
  • Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People, Volume 1, Ann Savoy, Bluebird Press, Eunice, 1984
  • "Cajun Music: Songs and Psyche," Sharon Arms Doucet, Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 23, No. 1, Summer 1989
  • Cajun Sketches From the Prairies of Southwest Louisiana, Lauren C. Post, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1962
  • Chantez Encore, South Louisiana French Folk Songs, Jeanne and Robert C. Gilmore, Acadiana Music, Lafayette, 1977
  • Chantez, La Louisiane! Louisiana French Folk Songs, Jeanne and Robert Gilmore, Acadiana Music, Lafayette, 1970
  • "Country Mardi Gras," Harry Oster, in Buying the Wind, Regional Folklore in the United States, Richard M. Dorson, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Creole Songs from New Orleans, Clara Gottschalk Paterson, L. Grunewald Co., New Orleans, 1902
  • Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Charles R. Wilson and William Ferris, editors, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1989
  • Hé, Là-Bas!, A History of Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco Music in California, Freida Marie Fusilier and Jolene M. Adam, Historical Committee of the West Coast Cajun and Zydeco Music and Dance Association, 1994
  • Let the Good Times Roll, A Guide to Cajun & Zydeco Music, Pat Nyhan, Brian Rollins, David Babb, Upbeat Books, Portland, Maine, 1997
  • Louisiana French Folk Songs Among Children in Vermilion Parish, 1942-1954, Catherine B. Blanchet, Master's Thesis, USL. 1970
  • Memories, A Pictorial History of South Louisiana Music, 1920s-1980s, compiled and edited by Johnny Allan, 1988
  • Old Songs of French and Creole Origin Collected in Louisiana by Marie Theard B.M., For the Louisiana Federation of Music Clubs, Collection 165, USL Archives
  • South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous, John Broven, Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, 1987
  • Swamp Pop, Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, Shane K. Bernard, University of Mississippi Press, Jackson, 1996
  • Tears, Love and Laughter, The Story of the Cajuns and Their Music, Pierre V. Daigle, Swallow Publications, Ville Platte, 1972
  • The Cajun Fiddle Tune Book, A Collection of Cajun Fiddle Tunes, Deborah Greenblatt, Centerstream Publications, Fullerton, Calif., 1985
  • The Indians Who Gave Us Zydeco, Hubert Daniel Singleton, Hammond, 1998
  • The Kingdom of Zydeco, Michael Tisserand, Arcade Publishing, New York, 1998
  • The Makers of Cajun Music, Barry Jean Ancelet and Elemore Morgan Jr., University of Texas Press, Austin, 1984
  • Yé Yaille, Chère, Traditional Cajun Dance Music, Raymond E. Françoise, Thunderstone Press, Lafayette, 1990

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