RITCHIE, JEAN
(*1922)
RITCHIE, JEAN (b. Viper, Ky., December 8, 1922) If one person can be credited with reviving interest in the Appalachian dulcimer, it would have to be FOLK-REVIVALIST Jean Ritchie . Thanks to her series of successful recordings in the early-to-mid-1960s, and her instruction book for the instrument, she introduced thousands of players to this simple instrument. Her quavery-voiced renditions of Englishballads—many of which had been in her family for generations—were quite influential on younger…