Folk Traditional category: 475 books

Much has been written about the songs gathered in North America in the first half of the 20th century. However, there is scant information on those individuals responsible for gathering these songs. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American...

Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades and cuts across a wide swath of generations and...

This book examines folk music and dance revival movements in Russia, exploring why this folk culture has come to represent Russia, how it has been approached and produced, and why memory and tradition, in these particular forms, have taken on particular significance in different periods. Above all...

A collection of nine classic Breton folk-songs for voice and piano. Originally published in 1909 and composed by Liza Lehmann. Songs include: Sir Fanch and the Fairy, I dreamt my love was singing, The Ruby Necklace, The Nightingale, No candle was there and no fire, The Spinning-Wheel, L'Ankou (The...

Ukulele Song Book 1 with 25 Folk Songs is a great resource ukulele for ukulele players. I put together for parents and children who have participated in my Ukulele Workshops. These are 25 all-time-favorite Folk Songs for everyone to enjoy. The songs are in the keys of the vocal...

Edvard Grieg's collection of 44 Norwegian folk songs and dances, originally published in 1895. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

Victorian Songhunters is a pioneering history of the rediscovery of vernacular song—street songs that have entered oral tradition and have been passed from generation to generation—in England during the late Georgian and Victorian eras. In the nineteenth century there were four main types of vernacular...

A fantastic collection of 6 Tuscan folk songs originally published in 1886. Songs include: A Streamlet Full of Flowers, From Far Away, When I Am Dead, A Flight of Clouds, Oh! Happy Are the Blind, Nearest and Dearest. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known...

A wonderful collection of 10 classic Polish folk songs. Songs include: 1. Wyjezdzojze Z Nami - Come, Come away with us, 2. Uśnij-ze mi uśnij - Sleep now, my baby, 3. Som, som, som, W Stawie Rybecki - Fish, fish, fish, tiny little fish, 4. Tam W Krakowie, W Pieknym Domku - There in Cracow stays my...

In the old days when American sailing ships still plowed the seas, it was the custom of their sailors to enliven both their work and their leisure time with song. The songs they used were not, generally speaking, those current and popular ashore at the same period, but were traditional compositions...

Folk Songs for Solo Ukulele includes 29 classic folk songs arranged for chord-solo-style ukulele. In this style, the melody is voiced on the highest string while the harmony is voiced on the lower strings, creating a beautiful solo sound. Guitar chords are included if accompaniment is desired. The tunes represent the rich palette of American and English folk music.

Scorebook with 3 classic old-time Dutch folk songs, originally published in 1929. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

This book provides 20 beautiful Anglo-American folk songs, field-collected by two remarkable real-life "song catchers," Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman, in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky in 1914 and 1916. Josephine and Loraine, the latter accompanied by Howard Brockway, a composer...

A wonderful collection of 12 classic Persian folk songs, originally published in 1904. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.