Author: Prof. Henry L. Williams Publisher: ISBN: 9781330614914 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 408
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Excerpt from Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution This volume presents a selection from the numerous productions in verse, which appeared during the war of the American Revolution. Many of them are taken from the newspapers and periodical issues of the time; others from original ballad-sheets and broadsides; while some have been received from the recollections of a few surviving soldiers, who heard and sang them amid the trials of the camp and field. Nearly every company had its "smart one" or poet, who beguiled the weariness of the march or the encampment by his minstrelsy, grave or gay; and the imperfect fragments which survive to us, provoke our regret that so few of them have been preserved. All that we can claim for the writers of these songs, is a manifest spirit of devotion to the cause, and defiance to its enemies. The poesy of their productions is meager. They did not write for fame; but, in the language of one of. the most honest and homely of them, "from a great desire to state the truth, and their opinion of it, in a quiet way, just set their poetical lathes a-turning, and twisted out ballads and songs for the good of the common cause." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Larry Sandberg Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf ISBN: Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 290
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"A guide for the listener, collector, singer, player and devotee of folk music. It covers music from string band to bluegrass, Canadian, Creole, Zydeco, jug bands, ragtime and the many kinds of blues. The book evaluates, reviews and recommends on such subjects as where to buy records and instruments and places where folk music flourishes"--Amazon.com.
Author: John Anthony Scott Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 464
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Eight epochs of American folk heritage are covered in this collection: Chapter I--The Colonial Period (The British Heritage and Colonial Songs and Ballads); Chapter II--The American Revolution; Chapter III--The Early National Period; Chapter IV--Jacksonian America (Sea and Immigration, The Westward Movement, and Slavery Days); Chapter V--The Civil War (Freedom Songs); Chapter VI--Between the Civil War and the First World War (Farmers and Workers, Immigrants, and The Negro People); Chapter VII--Between Two World Wars; and Chapter VIII--Since the War. General introductions to each chapter and specific introductions to individual songs provide the context from which the songs were created. The book is the result of years of classroom teaching. An Afterword (written especially for this new edition) indicates the usefulness of Ballad of America for social studies, humanities, and literature teachers at all levels. The bibliography and discography, brought up to date for this 1982 edition, indicate resources available to the student or teacher interested in probing more deeply into the musical resources of any given period.
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