Folk & traditional music books

Examines folk music as a genre of folklore from a cross-cultural perspective. This work espouses a different view...  Read More >>

For this collection, the Opies have gathered some 150 games, such as 'Ring a Ring o' Roses', 'Oranges and Lemons',...  Read More >>

Presents twenty Irish songs and ballads, including Carrickfergus , Peggy Gordon , Nora , The Bard of Armagh...  Read More >>

This selection of the 100 most popular carols and hymns for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter, is ideal for...  Read More >>

Songs and games, recorded by folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes, capture the shape and color of the crowded, impoverished,...  Read More >>

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Maud Karpeles, Cecil Sharp's assistant for many years and herself an authority in this field, has selected 143 songs...  Read More >>

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This publication invites the reader to become aware of this style of dance and, for those already involved, to immerse...  Read More >>

CONSTRUCTING A 5-STRING BANJO  Read More >>

A history of conjunto music and musicians.  Read More >>

Chantez Encore sings again with this collection of authentic Louisiana French folk songs.  Read More >>

Northern Ireland folk have a vigorous tradition of declaiming poems, ballads, and recitations from platform, dinner-table,...  Read More >>

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THE FISCHER-DIESKAU BOOK OF LIEDER  Read More >>

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First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk...  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive look at the music of the region of South Louisiana, from early Cajun and Cajun-country to...  Read More >>

The folksongs of Texas in the 1930s and 1940s, as collected by by the author in his travels  Read More >>

(E-Z Play Today). The revised second edition of this popular volume features 38 beloved melodies, including: Are...  Read More >>

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