Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-boy
Author: Franz Rickaby
Publisher: Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press
Published: 1926
Total Pages: 316
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Author: Franz Rickaby
Publisher: Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press
Published: 1926
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John W. Fitzmaurice
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Published: 1888
Total Pages: 310
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Franz Lee Rickaby
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 314
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Edward Brown
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John W. Fitzmaurice
Publisher: Irvington Pub
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780839805571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Homer Andrew Watt
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 776
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gale Huntington
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2010-06-01
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 0820336254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Ireland—its graces and shortcomings, triumphs and sorrows—is told by ballads, dirges, and humorous songs of its common people. Music is a direct and powerful expression of Irish folk culture and an aspect of Irish life beloved throughout the rest of the world. Incredibly, the largest single gathering of Irish folk songs had been almost inaccessible because, originally newspaper based, it was available in only three libraries, in Belfast, Dublin, and Washington D.C. Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” makes the music available to a wider audience than the collector ever imagined. Comprising nearly 690 selections, this thoroughly annotated and indexed collection is a treasure for anyone who performs, composes, studies, collects, or simply enjoys folk music. It is valuable as an outstanding record of Irish folk songs before World War II, demonstrating the historical ties between Irish and Southern folk culture and the tremendous Irish influence on American folk music. In addition to the songs themselves and their original commentary, Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” includes a glossary, bibliography, discography, index of titles and first lines, melodic index, index of the original sources of the songs and information about them, geographical index of sources, and three appendixes related to the original song series in the Northern Constitution.