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This article is about the composer and singer. For other uses, see John Niles.

American musician

John Jacob Niles (April 28, – March 1, ) was an American composer, singer and collector of traditional ballads.

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Called the "Dean of American Balladeers,"^[1] Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the s and s, with Odetta, Joan Baez, Burl Ives, Peter, Paul and Mary and Bob Dylan, among others, recording his songs.

Biography

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Niles learned music theory from his mother, and began writing down folk music as a teenager. He became a serious student of Appalachian folk music by transcribing traditional songs from oral sources while an itinerant employee of the Burroughs Corporation in eastern Kentucky, from to After serving in the U.S.

Army Air Service during World War I, in which he was injured, he studied music in France, first in Lyon, then in Paris at the Schola Cantorum, also meeting Gertr