Music-Genres & Styles-Folk & Traditional

Author: Tommy SwindaliISBN-13: 9798349697951Publisher: Thomas William SwainLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2025Pages: 104Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Uncle SamISBN-10: 9974937175ISBN-13: 9789974937178Publisher: Marco MusicaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2025Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.05d

In the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Virginia-North Carolina border, an extraordinarily rich musical heritage survives and flourishes. Even before the legendary Bill Monroe coined the term "bluegrass" in the mid-1950s, the traditional music of this area was coming into its own as a...

The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive today. Sacred Harp isn't performed but participated in, ideally in large gatherings where, as the a cappella singers face each...

Author: Tommy SwindaliISBN-13: 9798349697944Publisher: Thomas William SwainLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2025Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

Unlock Your Dulcimer Potential: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Playing Like a Pro from ScratchAre you ready to master the dulcimer and play timeless songs with confidence?Struggling to find the right guide that simplifies learning and leads to real results?Wondering how you can go...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Making it in Hell, says Bruce Jackson, is the spirit behind the sixty-five work songs gathered in this eloquent dispatch from a brutal era of prison life in the Deep South. Through engagingly documented song arrangements and profiles of their singers, Jackson shows how...

The Power of Song shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic "Singing Revolution." When attacked by Soviet soldiers in public displays of violent force, singing Balts maintained faith in nonviolent political action....

Folk musician, Broadway composer, and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea's warm, funny, poignant memoir is a love letter to every kind of body, to music, and to making it work--inviting us to embrace all of life's experiences with heart and determination Gaelynn Lea was born...

A timeless collection of Irish songs and ballads, written by celebrated poet and songwriter, Thomas Moore. This book features some of Ireland's most renowned tunes, as well as a selection of beautiful, sacred songs.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...

Just as our society delights in citations, quotations, and allusions in myriad contexts, not least in popular song, late medieval poets and composers knew well that such references could greatly enrich their own works. In The Art of the Grafted Song: Citation and Allusion...

A groundbreaking critical introduction to folk music and song focused on questions of identity, community, representation, politics, and popular culture. Written by a distinguished international team of authors, this Companion is an indispensable resource for rethinking the confluence of sound, heritage, and identity in...

A Collection of 18th Century Dance Tunes takes you on a captivating journey through the elegant world of dance from the 18th century. This meticulously curated anthology, first published by John Walsh in 1754 and transcribed by Paul Dennant, brings together 200 enchanting melodies...

This book is a collection of traditional Russian folk-songs, each accompanied by sheet music for the pianoforte. The songs are presented in their original Russian text, with English translations provided for each song. This book is a great resource for anyone interested in studying...

This book is the first study of the Irish composer James Wilson (1922-2005). The first part of the book is a detailed biographical study of Wilson, from his birth and education in London through his wartime experiences in the Arctic to his decision to...

Songs from the Magical Tradition makes no assertions other than the fact that there is a very strong element of supernatural magic contained within a substantial part of the Britsh folk song tradition. Ancient tunes and lyrics that transcend time have a meaning and...

Sounding Roman narrates the vibrant use of music to challenge long-term marginalization of Turkish Roman ("Gypsies"). Descriptions of weddings, recording studios, rehearsals and concerts enable readers to witness the emergence of new social identities and political responses as Roman musicians bring new musical forms...

It's never too late to start fiddling!Updated in 2025, the second edition of Fiddle Studio Book 1 fixes errors, updates links and product info, and adds even more easy, beginner fiddle tunes.Learn the fiddle from scratch from setting up to play and holding the...

Recording technologies shaped the sound and meaning of 20th-century folk music in Britain, constructing a sonic aesthetics of authenticity in an era of rapid technological and social transformation. The folk revival that changed the sound of 20th century British popular music was sustained by...

In 1967, Marion Thede released The Fiddle Book, among the first instruction books ever printed for old-time fiddle. Containing 137 traditional tunes, Thede's legendary publication aimed to represent old-time music in a comprehensive fashion. Oklahoma has a rich history of folk music, yet its...

Bright Star of the West traces the life, repertoire, and influence of Joe Heaney, Ireland's greatest sean-nos ("old style") singer. Born in 1919, Joe Heaney grew up in a politically volatile time, as his native Ireland became a democracy. He found work and relative...

*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024*?*Now in paperback!*Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the songs of the artist herself."What you are about to read is not...

GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WITH '60 BEST CHRISTMAS SHEET MUSIC FOR PIANO'!This holiday season, bring the joy of Christmas into your home with this spectacular piano book that features 60 of the best-loved Christmas songs of all time. From traditional carols to modern...

Forged on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the nineteenth century, jug band music was the early soundtrack for a new nation. Louisville was at the heart of it all. German and Irish immigrants, former slaves en route to Chicago and homesteaders moving into...

An intimate collection of fond memories, personal letters, good songs, and bad jokes from a true American legend."This is your old friend, Willie, sending a note to see how you're doing and to say I'm doing fine."In this series of short letters straight from...

The Celtic folk tradition is one of the richest, most diverse, and far reaching in terms of influence that the world has ever seen. From the purity and emotional strength of its ballads and poetic retellings of adventures long past, found within regional traditions...

2014 Reprint of 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Negro Workaday Songs" is the third volume of a series of folk background studies of which "The Negro and His Song" was the first and "Folk-Beliefs of...

Music from the Heart follows Emile Benoit, a fiddler from French Newfoundland, through a rapidly changing musical milieu as he moves from a small rural community to international musical and folk festivals. Seeing himself as a representative of French Newfoundland, Benoit viewed his music...

Teaching Bob Dylan offers educators practical, adaptable strategies for designing or updating courses (or units within courses) on the life, music, career, and critical reception of Bob Dylan. Drawing on the latest pedagogical developments and best classroom practices in a range of fields, the...

Songbook with 30 Songs by Stephen C. Foster - simply notated for the Soprano or Tenor Recorder with baroque fingering.Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was an American composer and probably the best-known songwriter of the time. Many of his compositions - above all: Camptown Races,...

Reed Voices is a book written by James B. Kenyon that explores the history and culture of the Muscogee Creek Nation. The book is a collection of oral histories and personal anecdotes from Muscogee Creek people, offering a unique perspective on their experiences and...

Musical Intimacies and Indigenous Imaginaries explores several styles performed in the vital aboriginal musical scene in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, focusing on fiddling, country music, Christian hymnody, and step dancing. In considering these genres and the contexts in which they are performed,...

Unlock the enchanting sounds of the Rabab with this beginner-friendly guide! "Easy Guide to Playing Rabab" is the perfect companion for anyone eager to learn this ancient and soulful instrument. Whether you're a complete novice or someone with a budding interest in music, this...

Delve into the heart of Yorkshire with "The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire," a captivating collection transcribed by C. J. Davison Ingledew from rare sources. This volume preserves the rich tapestry of English folklore through its regional poetry, offering a glimpse into the lives...

This study examines the ways in which audiences in present-day Greece and Turkey perceive and use the Greek popular song genre rebetiko to cultivate cultural habits and identities. Rebetiko has been associated chiefly with the lower strata of Greek society, but Daniel Koglin explores...

In the 1960s and 1970s, a number of British musicians rediscovered traditional folk ballads, fusing the old melodies with rock, jazz, and blues styles to create a new genre dubbed "electric folk" or "British folk rock." This revival featured groups such as Steeleye Span,...

This is Book 1 of AltStrings Fiddle Method for Violin Original Key, Second Edition. The second edition of AltStrings' Fiddle Books 1 and 2 comes in two flavors: Original Key (for Violin), and Orchestra! Whichever series you choose, our books offer tunes and techniques...

With a history dating back to 1820, The Missouri Harmony was the most popular of all frontier shape-note tune books. The 185 songs in the collection were favorites used in Protestant churches and singing schools, and many were already deeply rooted in American culture...

People love music from the 1960's and 1970's because it represents a period of creative and innovative song writing. David Crosby said, "Joni Mitchell is the greatest song writer I have ever met." She plays guitar, piano, oble and autoharp. She grew up in...

Immerse yourself in the spirit of 18th-century America with "Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution." This meticulously curated collection brings together the patriotic verses and stirring melodies that fueled the fight for independence. More than just songs, these are historical documents offering a...

By age thirty-nine, Blair Kilpatrick had settled into life as a practicing psychologist, wife, and mother. Then a chance encounter in New Orleans turned her world upside down. She returned home to Chicago with unlikely new passions for Cajun music and its defining instrument,...

Lonesome Tunes: Folk Songs From The Kentucky Mountains is a collection of traditional folk songs compiled by Loraine Wyman. The book features more than 200 songs that were collected during a field trip to the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky in the early 1900s. The...

This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitâb al-aghânî (The Book of Songs) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî.Author: Hilary KilpatrickISBN-10: 0700717013ISBN-13: 9780700717019Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2002Pages: 448Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 8.94h x 6.82w x 1.17d

Author: Samuel B. ChartersISBN-10: 071453076XISBN-13: 9780714530765Publisher: Marion Boyars PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2002Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.51h x 5.36w x 0.46d

Performing Folk Songsis the first full-length volume to explore English folk singing from the perspective of performance studies. Using archival sources, family repertoire and recorded performances of interviewees, this book argues that archives and repertoires are produced in sensory environments and through embodied encounters....

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In medieval Occitania (southern France), troubadours and monastic creators fostered a vibrant musical culture. In response to the early Crusade campaigns of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Christians of the region turned to producing monophonic, poetic song, encompassing both secular and sacred genres. These...

As if recovering from a raucous dream of the 1960s, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek arrived on 1970s American radio with a sound that echoed disenchanted hearts of young people everywhere. The three American boys had named their band after a country...

Banjo Talks is a book written by Anne Virginia Culbertson and published in 1905. The book is a collection of short stories and poems that reflect the lives and experiences of African Americans in the South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries....