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1	Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples more books like this by Jeff Todd Titon add to wishlist New edition of a text that studies music as a way of life for people around the world. Rather than surveying all music, musicologists from leading universities discuss a small number of representative human groups. Through geographical and historical context, biography and autobiography, discussion see all copies from $1.99! new only from $67.70! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Reader's Digest Children's Songbook more books like this by William L Simon (Editor) add to wishlist A comprehensive guide to hundreds of the classic childhood songs. Also included are all the words to all the songs in a separate lyric booklet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.02! \| first editions
3	de Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children more books like this by Elisa Kleven (Illustrator), Jose-Luis Orozco (Selected by) add to wishlist Bursting with color and spirit, this collection of Latin-American songs is a tribute to Latino culture. From traditional tunes to rhymes and hand games, "De Colores" has songs for all occasions and moods. Each is accompanied by a simple musical arrangement, with lyrics in both English and Spanish. Full color. see all copies from $2.85! new only from $4.01! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Fiddler's Fakebook more books like this by David Brady, D.C, David Brody add to wishlist Contains nearly 500 jigs, reels, rags, and hornpipes from all the major fiddling traditions. Special introductory materials on regional styles, bowing, and ornamentation. Includes an extensive discography. see all copies from $14.56! new only from $14.56! \| SVS
5	The Incompleat Folksinger more books like this by Pete Seeger, Jo Metcalf Schwartz (Editor) add to wishlist Pete Seeger has sung as courageously as anyone has ever spoken, always in defense of the poor, the oppressed, and the exploited. Decades of work and travel have made him famous, but he remains forever in tune with the folk. Here he describes his friends and inspirations, his favorite songs and stories, and the kind of learning that comes from ... see all copies from $3.88! signed copies \| first editions
6	Last Night's Fun: A Book about Irish Traditional Music more books like this by Ciaran Carson add to wishlist Critically acclaimed LAST NIGHT'S FUN is a sparkling celebration of Irish music and life that is itself a literary performance of the highest order. Irish writer Ciaran Carson's inspired jumble of recording history, poetry, tall tales, and polemic captures the sound and vigor of a ruthlessly unsentimental music. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.01! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Joan Baez Songbook: P/V/G Folio more books like this by Maynard Solomon (Editor), Elie Siegmeister add to wishlist Sixty-six songs comprising the repertoire of America's best-loved folksinger, with historical musical annotations, arranged for piano/vocal with chord symbols. Includes: Amazing Grace * House of the Rsing Sun * Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream * Where Have All the Flowers Gone * and more. see all copies from $4.40! new only from $19.58! \| first editions
8	Campfire Songs, 3rd more books like this by Rosalyn Blankenship (Editor), Irene Maddox (Editor) add to wishlist This enduring collection of more than 110 campfire songs - complete with words, scores and guitar chords. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $2.96! \| SVS
9	Exploring the World of Music: An Introduction to Music from a World Music Perspective more books like this by Dorothea E Hast add to wishlist see all copies from $2.13! new only from $14.50!
10	Which Side Are You On?: An Inside History of the Folk Music Revival in America more books like this by Dick Weissman add to wishlist In 1932 Florence Reece, the wife of a Kentucky coal miner, wrote one of the classic topical songs preserved in the folk musical revival. The song, Which Side Are You On?, contrasts the lot of the working class and the bosses, and asks the listener to choose. This politically charged song was performed again during the Civil Rights Movement, with ... see all copies from $4.59! new only from $8.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Singing Family of the Cumberlands more books like this by Jean Ritchie add to wishlist see all copies from $3.93! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Worlds of Music more books like this by Jeff Todd Titon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $85.90!
13 view cover	African Music: A People's Art more books like this by Francis Bebey add to wishlist Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the people. A discography classified by country, theme, group, and instrument is also included. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions
14 view cover	The American songbag more books like this by Carl Sandburg add to wishlist This anthology contains the words & music to 292 folk songs that people have sung in the making of Ameri ca. It represents the collection of the acclaimed poet Carl Sandburg, who was also a noted collector & occasional perfor mer of American folk music. ' see all copies from $2.22! new only from $21.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples more books like this by David P McAllester (Editor), Jeff Todd Titon (Editor), Mark Slobin (Editor) add to wishlist Worlds of Music is a unique introduction to ethnomusicology, the ideal text with which to experience and understand the meanings of music in the lives of diverse human communities. Writing about cultures they have studied at first hand, the authors describe and analyze the indigenous musics of Africa, North and South America, Eastern Europe, India ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.75!
16 view cover	Voices of a People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong more books like this by Ruth Rubin add to wishlist The seminal work of Ruth Rubin, a pioneering collector, singer, folklorist, writer, and crusader for the vanishing legacy of the Yiddish world, "Voices of a People" remains the only general introduction to Yiddish folksong. A priceless collection of song texts in Yiddish and English, as well as a selection of tunes Rubin transcribed, this volume ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Elizabeth's Song more books like this by Michael Wenberg, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator) add to wishlist ELIZABETH'S SONG is the true-life story of Elizabeth Cotton, the noted African American folksinger, guitarist, and songwriter. Against all odds, young Elizabeth teaches herself to play guitar left-handed on a borrowed instrument. Eventually she earns enough money to buy a guitar of her very own, and is then inspired to write her first song - the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.69! \| signed copies
18 view cover	This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie more books like this by Elizabeth Partridge add to wishlist Before Springsteen and before Dylan, there was Woody Guthrie. Award-winning author Partridge has taken the life of this songwriting genius and woven his lyrics and other material into a touching and entertaining portrait of a true genius. 70 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music more books like this by Amanda Petrusich add to wishlist "Where lies the boundary between meaning and sentiment? Between memory and nostalgia? America and Americana? What is and what was? Does it move?"--Donovon Hohn, "A Romance of Rust" Part travelogue, part cultural criticism, part music appreciation, "It Still Moves "does for today's avant folk scene what Greil Marcus did for Dylan and "The Basement ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.49! \| SVS
20 view cover	Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie more books like this by Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Ron Pen (Foreword by) add to wishlist Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. It has been nearly thirty years since she originally published Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians, and the music found here tells the story of the "Singing Ritchie Family" at a time when railroads, coal mines, and hillbilly radio were making ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $12.78! \| SVS
21 view cover	Slave Songs of the United States more books like this by William F Allen (Editor) add to wishlist 1867 landmark book was the first systematic effort to collect and preserve songs sung by the plantation slaves of the Old South. Most of the 130 songs, arranged by geographical area, were recorded directly from the singers themselves. see all copies from $4.07! new only from $5.42! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Play Old-Time Country Fiddle more books like this by Jerry Silverman add to wishlist see all copies from $17.99!
23 view cover	The Garland Handbook of African Music more books like this by Ruth M Stone add to wishlist Here in a single paperback volume is a comprehensive set of essays that explores all aspects of African music. This handbook provides an introduction to the continent and its many musical forms, including a discussion of issues and processes in the study of African music and a number of regional case studies covering North, West, East, Central, ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $49.20! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Music in Brazil: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture more books like this by John Patrick Murphy add to wishlist Music in Brazil is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, ... see all copies from $10.96! new only from $16.89! \| SVS
25 view cover	Illustrated Treasury of Songs more books like this by National Gallery of Art, Robert T Teske, Ph.D. add to wishlist Children of all ages will enjoy singing 'I've Been Working on the Railroad' and over 50 other songs. see all copies from $2.17! new only from $68.99!

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