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Direct linkApfeldorf, Michael – Music Educators Journal, 2019
The story of John Henry, dating back to the late nineteenth century, is one of the most enduring folktales of American culture. As the legend goes, John Henry was an African American "steel-driving man" whose job was to drive spikes through rocks in the construction of a railroad tunnel. So powerful was John Henry that he defeated a…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Music, Singing, Folk Culture
