Negro folk songs as sung by Lead Belly : "king of the twelve-string guitar players of the world," long-time convict in the penitentiaries of Texas and Louisiana / transcribed, selected and edited by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Macmillan company,
1936.
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MSU: Copy 2 gift of R.M. Slusser. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Musical Score |
| Note: | "The main body of the song-texts consists of transcriptions from records we made with an instantaneous aluminum recording machine, the property of the Archive of America folk-song of the Library of Congress. This machine and these records were used through the courtesy of the Library of Congress. Dr. George Herzog transcribed the melodies, as herein printed, from these same discs."--introduction, p. xiii. |
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| Call Number: | M1670.L84 N4 |