Marches, Rags and Patriotic tunes arranged for advanced players of the 30-button Anglo Concertina. This book is an update of Alan Lochhead's "All-American Concertina Album" published by Mel Bay in 2008, and this version includes re-notated music plus button number and bellows direction notation tablature. All of the original tunes and arrangements are included, plus new accompaniment for "Georgia Camp Meeting" and one new song, "Dill Pickles".
From its beginnings during the Great Depression, the North Carolina Symphony has touched the lives of countless Tar Heels. One of the state's premier cultural organizations and the oldest continuously state-supported orchestra in the nation, the "Suitcase Symphony" grew from a small group of volunteer players to the world-class orchestra it is today. This book details the contributions of founder Lamar Stringfield, longtime conductor Benjamin Swalin and his wife, Maxine, current music director Grant Llewellyn, and other leaders of this iconic institution. The authors place the symphony's story for the first time in the context of North Carolina's cultural history and, in the process, reveal much about the musical traditions of the "Sahara of the Bozart" and about the trials and triumphs of maintaining a state symphony orchestra.
Detroit and its strong Polish community share in America's rich history of Polish music and customs. This work documents that history and details the development of the Polish-American musicians in Detroit who became known as polka musicians, even though their music was very diversified.