| 单词 | field holler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield holler field holler n. chiefly U.S. a melodic call with abrupt or swooping changes of pitch, which originated among slaves on Southern plantations as a type of work song and is frequently viewed as a predecessor to blues music; cf. holler n.1 ΚΠ 1929 H. W. Odum Wings on my Feet xi. 192 I starts yodelin' my corn-field holler, walkin' 'bout an' actin' like monkey again.] 1942 Checklist Recorded Songs Eng. Lang. Archive Amer. Folk Song to July 1940 (Libr. Congress, Music Division) III Arkansas... Gould [County]... Field holler (2). 1950 Billboard 16 Sept. 44/3 There is little offered here that wasn't covered in the two LP's covering religious and secular Negro folk music—field hollers, work songs, rural blues, folk ballads, gospel music, sermons. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic viii. 186 The result was something infinitely more daring and dangerous; a jazz which abandoned key centres, bar lines and regular beats; field hollers for the big city. 2005 S. Yanow Jazz Introd. p. xxv Spirituals were the predecessor to gospel music, just as field hollers preceded blues. < as lemmas |
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