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Author: Alan Lomax
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780486282763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMusic and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Ten Thousand Miles from Home, Shack Bully Holler, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Bad Man Ballad, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Bear in the Hill, Shortenin' Bread, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, and many more.
Author: John A. Lomax
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-07-24
Total Pages: 719
ISBN-13: 048631992X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMusic and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, and many more.
Author: Alan Lomax
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 528
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKUpdated and revised to include a new selected list of record albums, fold festivals, books and magazines on folk song.
Author: Alan Lomax
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-12
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 1351519662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSong and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance, theme, text and movement are analyzed in large samples of films an recordings from the whole range of human culture, according to the methods explained in this volume. Cantometrics, which means song as a measure of man, finds that traditions of singing trace the main historic distributions of human culture and that specific traits of performance are communications about identifiable aspects of society. The predictable and universal relations between expressive communication and social organization, here established for the first time, open up the possibility of a scientific aesthetics, useful to planners.
Author: Kip Lornell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Benjamin Filene
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780807848623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate. As Benjamin Filene reveals, a number of competing visions of America's musical past have vied fo
Author: Larry Sandberg
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Published: 1989-08-21
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised and updated book is a guide for the listener, collector, singer, player and devotee of folk music. It covers music from string band to bluegrass, Canadian, Creole, Zydeco, jug bands, ragtime and the many kinds of blues. The book evaluates, reviews and recommends on such subjects as where to buy records and instruments and places where folk music flourishes.
Author: Francis James Child
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 690
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jean Ritchie
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1997-03-06
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780813109275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition has faithfully retained all seventy-seven line scores of the songs and added four new ones, Loving Hannah, Lovin' Henry, Her Mantle So Green, and The Reckless and Rambling Boy. The original headnotes and photographs tell the history of the song as well as how it became a part of the family's life. Chords are indicated for accompaniment; however, music notation and the printed word can present only a reasonable facsimile of any actual song.
Author: Pete Seeger
Publisher: Oak Publications
Published: 1980-06-01
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1783234245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPete Seeger is an outstanding folksinger and an American treasure. Millions in every corner of the globe have listened to and sung along with Seeger—discovering the riches of America's folk song heritage. Originally published in 1961, this book includes the most popular songs in Pete Seeger's songbag. 84 traditional folk songs, including such favorites as "Irene Goodnight," "Darline Corey," "Shenandoah," etc. Each song comes complete with melody line, lyrics, guitar chords, and Seeger's own introductory comments. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 reproductions of documentary prints and wood-cuts, American Favorite Ballads presents a rich panorama of our America's great folk song legacy.
