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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Our Familiar Songs and Those who Made Them: Three Hundred Standard Songs of the English-speaking Race, Arranged with Piano Accompaniment, and Preceded

Our Familiar Songs and Those who Made Them: Three Hundred Standard Songs of the English-speaking Race, Arranged with Piano Accompaniment, and Preceded

Helen Kendrick Johnson

Paperback

General PoetryGeneral World HistoryMusic Instruction: Strings

ISBN10: 9353604850
ISBN13: 9789353604851
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 676
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind every song you hum lies a life, a moment in history, a story almost forgotten. These melodies shaped everyday life. In Our Familiar Songs and Those who Made Them, Helen Kendrick Johnson gathers three hundred standard English-language songs with piano accompaniment and uncovers the people and moments that gave them voice. From sacred hymns and patriotic airs to love ballads, folk tunes, and favourites, this classic songs songbook reveals how English-speaking world songs became woven into memory and feeling. Each piece is introduced by brief biographies of its songwriters and accounts of composition, performance, and popular reception. The result is both an English-language song anthology and a richly human set of stories behind famous songs, turning a traditional songs anthology into an intimate portrait of shared culture. For singers and pianists, it serves as an inspiring songbook for vocalists; for students, teachers, and historians, it stands as a valuable 19th century music collection and enduring music history reference. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Johnson's careful scholarship and clear, affectionate prose capture a living tradition at the moment it was being canonised, offering modern readers and musicians a window onto the sounds of a vanished age. Ideal for the piano bench, the study, or the collector's shelf, this is the definitive Our Familiar Songs collection for anyone who cares about how music remembers us.

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