Folk & traditional music books

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The Oxford Book of Ballads

The Oxford Book of Ballads

Author: James Kinsley
ISBN: 9780192813305
Format: Paperback
$9.95

"This anthology of the ballads of England and Scotland features romances, biblical ballads, magic tales and a miscellany...  Read More >>

Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski

Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings...

Author: Mark Slobin ,  Mark Slobin
ISBN: 9780812278330
Format: Hardback
$211.07

Here presented for the first time in English are Beregovski's surviving essays, plus his anthologies containing...  Read More >>

Irish Tunes

Irish Tunes

Author: T.C. Kelly
ISBN: 9780946005154
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms

African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and...

Author: John Miller Chernoff
ISBN: 9780226103457
Format: Paperback
$54.95

""We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics.""—Andrew...  Read More >>

African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms

African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and...

Author: John Miller Chernoff
ISBN: 9780226103464
Format: Audio
$72.60

""We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics.""—Andrew...  Read More >>

In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali

In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali

Author: Edward C. Dimock ,  Denise Levertov
ISBN: 9780226152318
Format: Paperback
$46.95

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Village and Town Bands

Village and Town Bands

Author: Christopher Weir
ISBN: 9780852635414
Format: Paperback
$26.40

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Folksongs & Ballads Popular In Ireland Vol. 3

Folksongs & Ballads Popular In Ireland Vol. 3

Author: John Loesberg
ISBN: 9780946005024
Format: Book
$25.85

The third volume of a series of popular folksongs and ballads from the long tradition of Irish music.  Read More >>

O'Neill's Music Of Ireland (Revised)

O'Neill's Music Of Ireland (Revised)

Author: Miles Krassen
ISBN: 9780825601736
Format: Book
$92.37

(Music Sales America). Miles Krassen has gathered and re-edited over 1,000 tunes, bringing up to date Capt. Francis...  Read More >>

Ozark Folksongs: Volume IV, Religious Songs and Other Items

Ozark Folksongs: Volume IV, Religious Songs and Other...

Author: Vance Randolph
ISBN: 9780826261380
Format: Hardback
$158.40

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Southern Music/American Music

Southern Music/American Music

Author: Bill C. Malone
ISBN: 9780813103006
Format: Hardback
$63.36

The South -- an inspiration for songwriters, a source of styles, and the birthplace of many of the nation's greatest...  Read More >>

The Irish Songbook

The Irish Songbook

Author: Joy Graeme
ISBN: 9780825602375
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Folksongs and Their Makers

Folksongs and Their Makers

Author: Henry H Glassie ,  Edward D. Ives
ISBN: 9780879720063
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Three prominent folklorists wrote these essays in the 1970s about Dorrance Weir of upstate New York and his song...  Read More >>

Yugoslav Folk Music

Yugoslav Folk Music

Author: Bela Bartok ,  Benjamin Suchoff
ISBN: 9780873953832
Format: Hardback
$1042.80

This four-volume work is the most substantial and thorough analysis of Yugoslav folk music ever to be published...  Read More >>

Folk Tune Favorites Primer

Folk Tune Favorites Primer

Author: James Bastien
ISBN: 9780849750694
Format: Book
$10.22

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Riffs 'n Patterns: Country Guitar

Riffs 'n Patterns: Country Guitar

Author: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780739026229
Format: Paperback
$10.43

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Alabama Folk Lyric

Alabama Folk Lyric

Author: Browne
ISBN: 9780879721299
Format: Hardback
$68.64

Alabamians have always been a singing people. The settlers who moved into the various sections of the state brought...  Read More >>

My Song is My Own: 100 Women's Songs

My Song is My Own: 100 Women's Songs

Author: Kathy Henderson ,  Frankie Armstrong
ISBN: 9780861040322
Format: Paperback
$55.95

A powerful and hilarious collection of women's songs from the last five centuries, supplemented with sheet music....  Read More >>

Modern Rhythmic Notation

Modern Rhythmic Notation

Author: Gardner Read
ISBN: 9780253338679
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Read compares traditional and present-day methods of delineating the same musical expressions, from fairly simple...  Read More >>

Folk Song Style and Culture

Folk Song Style and Culture

Author: Alan Lomax
ISBN: 9780878556403
Format: Paperback
$119.00

Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and...  Read More >>

Tennessee Strings: Story Country Music Tennessee

Tennessee Strings: Story Country Music Tennessee

Author: Charles K. Wolfe
ISBN: 9780870492242
Format: Paperback
$19.80

Country music grew up in Tennessee, drawing from sources in the white rural music of East and Middle Tennessee,...  Read More >>

Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction

Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction

Author: Bruno Nettl ,  Helen Myers
ISBN: 9780814315576
Format: Paperback
$71.25

It uses music as an index to understanding American culture while it introduces readers to various concepts in the...  Read More >>

Caneuon Hawys Glyn: Songs

Caneuon Hawys Glyn: Songs

Author: Hawys Glyn James
ISBN: 9780904864038
Format: Paperback
$13.07

Bilingual songs suitable for schools, chapel or the home.  Read More >>

One Hundred (100) English Folksongs: For Medium Voice, Edited by Cecil I. Sharp

One Hundred (100) English Folksongs: For Medium Voice,...

Author: Cecil J. Sharp
ISBN: 9780486231921
Format: Book
$52.99

Lyrics and piano music for traditional ballads and songs collected from singers throughout Britain are accompanied...  Read More >>

Learn to Play the Alfred Way: Country Guitar

Learn to Play the Alfred Way: Country Guitar

Author: Jimmy Miller
ISBN: 9780739025345
Format: Book
$5.28

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