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Richard K. Spottswood

Richard K. "Dick" Spottswood is an American musicologist and author from Maryland, best known for cataloguing and reissuing thousands of recordings of vernacular music in the United States. He is also associated with major work on ethnic recordings, including the reference compilation 'Ethnic Music on Records'.

Maryland, United States Apr 17, 1937 Wikipedia
musicology ethnic music vernacular music
Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque (Volume 4) (Music in American Life)
Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque (Volume 4) (Music in American Life)
1990