Folk Music
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American Song Bag
by Carl Sandburg
Famous poet Carl Sandburg was also a collector of American folk music. He compiled around 290 songs in this anthology, which contains singable words and music, including harmonies or accompaniment.
Some some titles include:
"No More Booze (Fireman Save My Child)" / "Driving Saw-Logs on the Plover" / 'The Foggy Dew' / 'Barbara Allen' / 'As I Was Walkin' Down Wexford Street' / 'Pretty Polly' / 'The House Carpenter' / 'The E-RI-E' / 'The Ballad Of De Boll Weevil' / 'The Buffalo Skinners' / 'Turkey In... Read more about this item
Some some titles include:
"No More Booze (Fireman Save My Child)" / "Driving Saw-Logs on the Plover" / 'The Foggy Dew' / 'Barbara Allen' / 'As I Was Walkin' Down Wexford Street' / 'Pretty Polly' / 'The House Carpenter' / 'The E-RI-E' / 'The Ballad Of De Boll Weevil' / 'The Buffalo Skinners' / 'Turkey In... Read more about this item
How Can I Keep From Singing
by David King Dunaway
Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-476), discography (p. [477]-491), and index.
The Complete Poems and Lyrics
by Joni Mitchell
With a career spanning thirty years, Joni Mitchell is one of the most highly esteemed singer/songwriters in popular music. She has recorded seventeen albums and is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including several Grammy awards - two in 1996 for her Turbulent Indigo release - and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters. Joni was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and into the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1997.
Songs Of the Serbian People From the Collections Of Vuk Karadzic
by Milne and Vasa D Mihailovich Holton
Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands To North America
by Annette Kunselman Burgert
Folk Music Books & Ephemera
GOOD FRIENDS AND BAD ENEMIES; ROBERT WINSLOW GORDON
by Kodish, Debora
1986. 1986 Kodish, Debora GOOD FRIENDS AND BAD ENEMIES; ROBERT WINSLOW GORDON AND THE STURY OF AMERICAN FOLKSONG Music in American Life series Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1986 first printing 263pp, index, notes, black and white photographs 8vo As new hardcover in d/j, publisher's folded broadside laid-in.
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CA$48.52
White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands
by George Pullen Jackson
Republication of work first published in 1933. 444 pages. Includes b/w photos and transcriptions in music notation. Noted a few light pencil markings on the flyleaf, but no rips or tears.
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CA$34.66
The Colonial Minstrel
by Anderson, Hugh
Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 158 pages. The story of Charles Thatcher, whose theatrical success in Victoria and New Zealand, between 1852-1870, rested on his success as a lively commentator of day-to-day life on the Goldfields. The songs printed in this book not only bring the historical detail to fuller life but form a valuable collection of...
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CA$16.28
American Folk Songs of Protest
by GREENWAY, John
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in an attractive, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks at the spine ends, and slight fading to the red portion of the spine. A very nice copy of an uncommon, scholarly book on the subject.
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CA$346.58
Folk Music: More Than a Song
by Baggelaar, Kristin
Crowell, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$10.01
Archive of promotional materials from the Woodstock rock festival, 1969
by [Woodstock]
Woodstock, NY: N.p., 1969. Archive of promotional materials from the Woodstock rock festival, including a bifold brochure advertising the festival's original dates (August 15-17) with two flyers for "Inflatatent" and the third day of the festival laid in, a small blue pin with the festival's logo designed by Arnold Skolnick, and several cards with manuscript ink annotations noting the names and contact information of festival organizers. Also included in the archive is the 1969 special issue of RAT...
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CA$1,351.64
Celebration at Big Sur (Original press kit for the 1971 documentary film)
by Baird Bryant, Johanna Demetrakas (directors); Joan Baez, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971. Vintage press kit for the French release of the 1971 documentary film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing five black and white photographs, and three pages of promotional reading material. A documentary following the star-studded 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival, which featured Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and many others. Shot on location in Big Sur. Folder, photographs, and promotional material Near Fine.
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CA$658.49
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads - Revised and Enlarged
by John A. Lomax, and Alan Lomax
1938 "Revised and Enlarged" printing. 431 pages. One of Lomax's definitive anthologies. Over 200 ballads and songs (with melody) including notes on the origins. Covers are unmarked, but spotted and faded on the rear board and spine, with bruising of corners and spine ends. Pages are very clean with no marks noted except a user name on the FFEP
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CA$90.11
Bob Dylan
by Dylan, Bob (Creator)
Music Sales Amer, 2011. Paperback. New. paperback/cd edition. 48 pages. 11.75x9.00x0.25 inches.
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CA$25.20
The American Songbag (First Edition Signed by Carl Sandburg)
by Carl Sandburg
Harcourt, Brace and Co., Inc, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of Carl Sandburg's groundbreaking compilation of 280 "songs, ballads, ditties, brought together from all regions of America," approximately 100 of which were published for the first time. Signed in black ink on half title page by three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and poet Carl Sandburg. Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. "Copyright 1927"...
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CA$277.25
Sixty Ribald Songs from Pills to Purge Melancholy
by Bradley, S.A.J. [Selected, Edited, with Introduction, Notesand Glossary by]
London: Andre Deutsch. 1968. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. A couple of very small "stains" to top of leading edge - a couple of spots really. 219 pages. Arranged with guitar accompaniment by John W. Duarte. Bawdy songs from the 16th and 17th centuries . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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CA$28.95
The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles
by Niles, John Jacob
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Niles began collecting the folk music of his native Kentucky before World War One, and later recorded and published many of the songs he collected, becoming an important source of the 'folk music revival'. This book collects ballads from the hills of Kentucky, Tennessee, & Virginia, many little changed from their English country origins. Stated first printing (first edition) with date on the title page. Hardcover, full green cloth with white & light...
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CA$62.38
Bob Dylan: For Organs, Pianos & Electronic Keyboards
by Dylan, Bob (Creator)
Hal Leonard Corp, 2011. Paperback. New. 48 pages. 11.70x0.40x8.70 inches.
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CA$33.53
Folksingers and Folksongs in America: A Handbook of Biography, Bibliography, and Discography
by LAWLESS, Ray M
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 662pp. Ex-library copy with stamp, spine number and tape on pastedowns, else very good in very good dustwrapper with spine number and modest chip near the crown.
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CA$27.73
12 BOB DYLAN HITS FOR SIX AND TWELVE STRING GUITARS: Playable as Solos, Duets, Trios. Arranged by Roger Edison
by Dylan, Bob
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1966. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 28pp. Contains lyrics and music to 12 Bob Dylan songs, including: Blowin' in the Wind; A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall; It Ain't Me, Babe; Mr. Tambourine Man; With God on Our Side; and seven more. 12" x 9
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CA$34.66
Ozark Folklore
by Vance Randolph
University of Missouri Press, 1987. Cloth. fine/fine.
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CA$149.72
MUSIC FOR PATRIOTS, POLITICIANS, AND PRESIDENTS:; Harmonies and Discords of the First Hundred Years
by Lawrence, Vera Brodsky
NY: Macmillan, 1975. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 480pp, index; illustrated throughout, some color. A large, heavy book. 12.25" x 9.25" Contains lyrics to many songs from pre-Revolution resistance to post-Civil War Reconstruction, including facsmiles of the original music pages.
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CA$34.66
Songs of Work and Freedom
by Edith / Joe Fowke & Glazer (eds.)
Dolphin, 1961. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Stiff Card). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Moderate foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Music; Folk Music; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item,...
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CA$25.33
Hearts of Fire (Two original photographs of Bob Dylan from the 1987 film)
by Bob Dylan (starring); Richard Marquand (director); Scott Richardson, Joe Eszterhas (screenwriters); Rupert Everett, Fiona Flanagan (starring)
Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1987. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aging, reclusive musician takes on a young protégée, but her loyalties are tested when she begins to fall in love with a younger, more popular musician while on tour. Shot on location in Canada and Wales. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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CA$346.58
And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir
by Baez, Joan
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New Amer Library, 1988 Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition/printing book is tight with no markings, heavy tanning of pages and edges, some soiling to page edges, wraps have rubbing and soiling, creasing and curling along the edges,.
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CA$22.18CA$16.64
Folksingers and Folksongs in America
by Ray M. Lawless
New Enlarged Edition, 750 Pages. "...fills an important gap in the folk music library and will be of considerable interest to amateur folklorists, students and professionals in the field... a much-needed piece of work."Dust jacket is unmarked and unclipped. It is mostly intact, with chipping, creasing, rubbing and fading on the spine. Covers are unmarked with little edge wear, and some light bumping on the corners. Pages are clean and unmarked with some foxing on the top edge.
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CA$34.66
The Ballad Book
by MacEdward Leach
Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, and is in a protective cover. Dust jacket is free of marking, but has some chipping and a closed tear or two on the edges. Covers are clean but bumped on the top edge and corners. Pages are clean, but there may yet be found some very light pencil notations. FIRST EDITION D-E
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CA$48.52
Folklore of the Australian Pub
by Wannan, Bill ( Editor )
Macmillan, Melbourne, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XII, 132 pp., acknowledgements, an introductory note. Brown coloured endpapers. Within the text there are numerous black and white illustrations, cartoons and advertisements. Brown coloured boards with white beer advertisements on front cover, and white writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a reproduction of Sam Griffin poster "I Allus Has Wan at Eleven", with yellow background and red and white...
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CA$13.59
