American Ballads and Folk Songs

American Ballads and Folk Songs

Author: John A. Lomax

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 719

ISBN-13: 048631992X

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Music 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.


Fiestas

Fiestas

Author: Jose-Luis Orozco

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2004-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781417736508

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For use in schools and libraries only. Carefully crafted for both Spanish and English audiences, this radiant bilingual collection includes over 20 holiday songs and rhymes gathered from Spanish-speaking countries.


American Folk Songs for Guitar

American Folk Songs for Guitar

Author: David Nadal

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 048641700X

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Specially transcribed and arranged for beginning and intermediate guitar players, this anthology of 49 classics includes such perennial favorites as Beautiful Dreamer, Amazing Grace, Aura Lee, On Top of Old Smoky, Blue Tail Fly, Camptown Races, Dixie's Land, Yankee Doodle, Sweet Betsy from Pike, John Henry, and many more.


Romancing the Folk

Romancing the Folk

Author: Benjamin Filene

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780807848623

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In 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


A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers

A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers

Author: Margaret R. Simmons

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780809325238

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Including thirty-nine pieces for voice and piano created since 1968 by eighteen artists, ANew Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers navigates a varied musical terrain from classical European tradiĀ­tions to jazz and spirituals. With nearly half of the featured songs composed by women and with others by lesser-known and emerging composers, this imĀ­portant collection offers a diverse, representative sampling of African American art songs and works to secure the places of these songs and artists in the canon of contemporary American music.


Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest

Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest

Author: John Donald Robb

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13: 0826344305

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First published in 1980 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this classic compilation of New Mexico folk music is based on thirty-five years of field research by a giant of modern music. Composer John Donald Robb, a passionate aficionado of the traditions of his adopted state, traveled New Mexico recording and transcribing music from the time he arrived in the Southwest in 1941.


Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents

Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents

Author: Bruno Nettl

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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New edition of the text first published in 1965 (revised by Valerie Woodring Goertzeu). Presents the general characteristics of traditional music and its cultural context along with some of the methods used to study folk music. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR