An American singing heritage : songs from the British-Irish-American oral tradition as recorded in the early twentieth century / edited by Norm Cohen, Carson Cohen, and Anne Dhu McLucas.

"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...

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Uniform Title:Recent researches in American music ; v. 89.
Music of the United States of America ; 32.
Other Authors: Cohen, Norm, 1936- (Editor)
Cohen, Carson (Editor)
McLucas, Anne Dhu, 1941-2012 (Editor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English words.
Staff notation.
Published: Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, [2021]
Series:Recent researches in American music ; v. 89.
Music of the United States of America ; 32.
Subjects:
Old-time music.
Folk songs > United States.
Folk songs, English > Great Britain.
Folk songs, English > Ireland.
Folk songs.
Scores.
Genre:
Old-time music.
Folk songs.
Scores.
Physical Description:1 score (xlix, 546 pages) ; 31 cm.
Format: Musical Score
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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." --A-R Editions website.
Note:Includes preface and notes in English.
"Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc."--Title page.
This volume contains transcriptions of 100 popular songs, taken from recordings made from the 1920s through the early 1940s. With a foreword, preface, overview, two appendices, bibliography, and indices.
Call Number:M2 .R23 v.89
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-533) and indexes.
ISBN:1987207289
9781987207286
9781987207293
1987207297
ISSN:0147-0078 ;