Neil V. Rosenberg · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Neil V. Rosenberg
Date(s): 7/13/2007
Interviewee(s): Neil V. Rosenberg See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Tracie Wilson See all items with this value
Summary: Neil Rosenberg earned a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University and is Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Memorial University in Newfoundland. He is a renowned scholar of bluegrass and folk music and author and editor of a number of texts including Transforming Tradition and The Music of Bill Monroe (co-author). As a graduate student during the 1960s, he also served as president of the IU Campus Folksong Club and later as manager of the Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park in Bean Blossom, Indiana. As an accomplished musician, Rosenberg also played in Monroe's house band at the park. During the early to mid 1960s there was considerable collaboration between the folksong clubs at Indiana University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with members from each university traveling to the other to perform and attend events. In particular, UI CFC events such as the Flatt and Scruggs concert and the D. K. Wilgus lecture left a lasting impression on Rosenberg.
Subject(s): campus folksong club See all items with this value; folk music See all items with this value
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