Andrew Rowan Summers

Andrew Rowan Summers (December 15, 1912– March 1968) was an American folk singer and player of the Appalachian dulcimer.[1] He is credited with a large role in preserving Appalachian music from extinction.[2] Summers was among the earliest musicians to draw attention to the dulcimer to a wider audience outside the Appalachians, with John Jacob Niles being one of the few earlier.[3]

Summers was born in Abingdon, Virginia in 1912, and enrolled in the University of Virginia in 1930.[4] Despite his interest in music, he ended up getting a degree in law, working as an attorney and later teaching at New York University.[5]

Partial discography
All entries under Folkways Records
  • The Unquiet Grave (1951)
  • Seeds Of Love (single, 1951)
  • The Lady Gay (single, 1954)
  • Andrew Rowan Summers (1957)
  • Christmas Carols (1966)

References
  1. "Andrew Rowan Summers". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. Douglas Summers Brown (1970). The Office. p. 5.
  3. Bob Coltman (2008). Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival. Scarecrow Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8108-6132-9.
  4. Ray McKinley Lawless (1960). Folksingers and folksongs in America: a handbook of biography, bibliography, and discography. Illustrated from paintings by Thomas Hart Benton and others, and from designs in Steuben glass. 1st ed. Sloan and Pearce. p. 220.
  5. David Bonner (26 November 2007). Revolutionizing Children's Records: The Young People's Records and Children's Record Guild Series, 1946-1977. Scarecrow Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-4617-1938-0.

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