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Ninety-two songs — ballads, lullabies, battle cries, love songs, satirical songs, children’s singing games and more — celebrate the ups and downs of homesteaders, lumberjacks, cowboys, gold miners, railroad workers, outlaws, and other early adventurers. Complete lyrics, vocal score, simple piano arrangements, chord symbols. Historical notes and 127 period illustrations.
A wide ranging selection of folk songs from the American West from roughly about 1840 to the turn of the century. It is Mr. Silber's intention to attract, to some extent, popular attention to the major historical events in an area bounded on the east by the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, and western Texas to the Pacific shore with bits of Mexico, Canada and Alaska. As with most collections of this ilk, some songs are the products of professionals, some must be labeled, "anon." Brief historical essays introduce each section, and documentation for each song is included. Although some of these songs have challenged embattled researchers, Mr. Silber writes easily, pleasantly, ignoring the temptation to take on the folk song scholars, and instead concentrates on the entertainment at hand. The music is annotated, edited and arranged by Earl Robinson. A reliable double entry for U.S. history classes, the folk song shelf. Also regional interest. (Kirkus Reviews)
ISBN: 9780486287041
ISBN-10: 0486287041
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 13th June 2012
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 21.3
x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.826
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