An American singing heritage : songs from the British-Irish-American oral tradition as recorded in the early twentieth century /
"This edition brings together representative transcriptions of folk songs and ballads in the British-Irish-American oral tradition that have enjoyed widespread familiarity throughout twentieth-century America. Within are the one hundred folk songs that most frequently occurred in a methodical s...
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| Format: | Musical Score Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English words. |
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Middleton, Wisconsin :
A-R Editions,
[2021]
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| Series: | Recent researches in American music ;
v. 89. Music of the United States of America ; 32. |
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| Summary: | "This edition brings together representative transcriptions of folk songs and ballads in the British-Irish-American oral tradition that have enjoyed widespread familiarity throughout twentieth-century America. Within are the one hundred folk songs that most frequently occurred in a methodical survey of Roud's Folk Song Index, catalogues of commercial early country (or "hillbilly") recordings, and relevant archival collections." -- |
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| Item Description: | Includes preface and notes in English. "Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc."--Title page. Contains melodic transcriptions, with chord symbols, from various recordings made from the 1920s through the early 1940s. Includes a foreword, preface, overview, two appendices, bibliography, and indices. |
| Physical Description: | 1 score (l, 546 pages) ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-533) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1987207289 9781987207286 |
| ISSN: | 0147-0078 ; |