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Slave Songs of the United States
Paperback
Series: Dover Books on Music: Folk Songs
MusiciansCivil War Period (1850-1877)General Songbooks
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ISBN13: 9780486285733
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Jul 6 1995
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.42 Depth: 8.47
Language: English
First published in 1867, this landmark book represented the first systematic effort to collect and preserve the songs sung by the plantation slaves of the Old South. To ensure authenticity, the editors notated most of the melodies and words directly from the singers themselves. The result was a rare musical treasury containing complete music and lyrics for over 130 songs, arranged by geographical region.
The book presents the melody lone and all the known verses to each song. The editors also include directions for singing, along with a commentary on each song's history, its possible variations, what some of its key references mean and other pertinent details. A new preface to the Dover edition by Harold Courlander appraises the book's importance in American musical and cultural history.
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