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! Read ! American Ballads and Folk Songs (Dover Books on Music) by John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. American Ballads and Folk Songs (Dover Books on Music) Dagny Carolina Opsal said a few words on this edition. An inclusive collection of different American ballads and folksongs- a classic indeed. Lovely that it includes sheet music as well! Rather than just being a collection of the lyrics to different ballads, for special study (like the Child ballads collection, however admirable), it also operates as a songbook. Five Stars Anderson Very nice collection of old time songs. Parker Bagley said Not what I thought. Although it is a good read/interesti
| Title | : | American Ballads and Folk Songs (Dover Books on Music) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486282767 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
Among them are such time-honored favorites as "John Henry," "Goin' Home," "Frankie and Albert," "Down in the Valley," "Little Brown Jug," "Alabama-Bound," "Shortenin' Bread," "Skip to My Lou," "Frog Went a-Courtin'," and a host of others. Many of the songs were recorded "on location" by noted folklorist John A. "A book to cherish permanently." — The New York Times.With this ample collection of authentic ballads and songs, you can immerse yourself in the rich tradition and heritage of American folk music. Lomax and his even more famous son, Alan, as they traveled around t
Dagny Carolina Opsal said a few words on this edition. An inclusive collection of different American ballads and folksongs- a classic indeed. Lovely that it includes sheet music as well! Rather than just being a collection of the lyrics to different ballads, for special study (like the Child ballads collection, however admirable), it also operates as a songbook. Five Stars Anderson Very nice collection of old time songs. Parker Bagley said Not what I thought. Although it is a good read/interesting enough, this was not what I was expecting. I suppose I should've done more research, but I was expecting a catalog of songs in lyrics and music, be it sheet music or chord charts. This is more of a textbook in reading. Lyrics a'plenty (although edited, the more graphic and colorful parts taken out, additionally disappointing) and stories/descriptions a couple paragraphs in length, but the only music is snippets of a few bars here and there to demonstrate single-line melody. Even then, almost always incomplete and brief. Granted, the nature of most of these songs is that there IS no concrete, accept
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