Laura Boulton

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Laura Crayton Boulton (b. Conneaut, Ohio, 1899; d. 1980) was an American ethnomusicologist. She is known for the many field recordings of traditional music she recorded around the world.

Boulton studied voice at Western Reserve University and obtained a B.A. degree from Denison University.

In 1977, she the Laura Boulton Foundation, a non-profit institution dedicated to supporting ethnomusicological research.

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  • Boulton, Laura (1969). The Music Hunter: The Autobiography of a Career. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

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