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 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. Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-533) and indexes.
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.
Series:
Recent researches in American music, 0147-0078 ; Volume 89 Music of the United States of America, 1066-8217 ; volume 32
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.