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New York: Tommy Boy Music, 2000. AudioCD. Very Good +/very good. Music Cd featuring teo singles from Everlast. I Cant Move and Call Out Hook. From the Album Eat at Whitey's.

In a departure from his usual practice of setting traditional melodies, Grainger instead chose to set a traditional text to original music - in an English translation made with his mother Rose - of a Faroe Islands wedding verse originally collected by V. U. Hammershaimb in 1886. The result is a raucous celebration for 9 vocalists, chorus, and orchestra. This new vocal score is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the one originally issued in 1916 by Oliver Ditson.
SSAATTBBB Soli and/or Chorus / Piano

General reading wear and stains throughout the covers, non-smoking home.

Written and illustrated by Jerry and Bev Praver. Parsimony Press, 1981. Songbook. Cover lightly worn; text is clean and unmarked. Center staples with light rust.

Boston: L. C. Page & Co.. 1899 4th ptg. 338pp. illus. t.e.g. green cloth 12mo w/gilt titles & decoration: Good+/no dj [hinges are slightly cracked but very firm; brief antique ink inscription ffep; else a very nice clean, complete & tight copy] A standard old school study by the American musicologist Elson (1848-1920).

New York: Bonanza Books, ( 1966 ). Hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo. 391 pages. inked name on front free endpaper. Over 200 favorites, with historical commentaries. Complete music, chords, lyrics for 200+ folk masterworks.

Norman, OK, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991,. pbk 268pp illustr ISBN 0 81221331 9 cover is shelfworn .

Boston: Northeastern University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1555532845 . First printing. As new in like dust jacket. .

Rome, Italy: Tascabili Economici Newton (#29), 1992. Paperback. NEW. Gift quality! Songs of the American Indians - The face of the most authentic and profound culture "Indians." "Questi conti costituiscono il segno piu autentico e profondo della poesia indigena di terra americana" Text in Italian. 95 pages

Thessaloniki: Edition Do-Re-Mi, 1980 Book. Very Good. Spiral Binding. 1st US Ed... Music scores with text in Greek script, in transliteration, and in English translation 72p. maps This Greek publication was apparently re-distributed in the USA by Hansen House in a new cover as "World Charts Presents the Greek Song book" packed in [2 copies found in WorldCat].

Oosterhout, Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1962 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. Introduction : what is folklore? With essays on topics such as:The : kind of folk literature/Proverbs/Riddle/Belief/Dialect, folk speech Folk naming, etymology, phraseology/Folkways and institutions/ Folk verse/Folk drama/Folk epic/Mythology and myth/ Legend/ Otherfolk tales/The traditional ballad/Songs and ballads/Love song/ Dance song/Spiritual song/Miscellaneous folksong/The music of folksong/Tune-text fit in folksong/How to use folk literature in teaching/Conclusion : why study folklore? 221p. .

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1997. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. (1st) Slightly smaller book, yellow cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 166 lightly browned pages. DJ colorfully designed in yellow, brown, red and green border, color photo of woman on front right, b/w photo of Little Coyote at top back right. DJ and book, both As New.

London: The Sunday Times, 1968 Book. Illus. by Rosemary Grimble. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. A selection of popular Greek folksongs in English, arranged by region collected and translated by Hilary Pym Illustrated with delightful drawings by Rosemary Grimble. 96p. map. illus notes. sources.

New York: Sterling, 2002. First paperback edition. Paperback. Fine. 4to, 144 pages, pictorial wrappers Signed by Widess to Joe Koss on the title-page. Extensively illustrated.

Philadelphia: X-Libris, 2005 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st US Ed... The Greece of fun-loving waiters, sun-drenched beaches, the breaking of plates, and big fat weddings only scratches the surface of the real Greece. In this account of a woman traveling solo throughout the Greek mainland, Joan Carol Friedberg uncovers a glimpse into the tragic history of modern Greece as it is reflected in the music, and she provides a context for understanding Greece's compelling and unique musical expressions. In 1982, the author spent three months traveling in the Balkans, through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. Drawn to Greece's traditional music and dances, she returned to Greece in 1993. During several subsequent trips, as a foreigner in search of Greece's village music and dance traditions, she collected and in Dancing on the Off Beat - Travels in Greece shares her observations with humor, clarity, insight and wisdom. Though many books have been written about Greece, few foreigners have… Read More

Toronto: Toronto Board of Education, Music Department, 1984 Book. Fine. Stapled Wraps. 1st Canadian Edition.. Publication for schools in support of the multicultural curriculum of the Board. 31p. illus. map bibliography glossary. [NO Copies found in WorldCat].

good. hardcover. cover and corner wear. no dust jacket. lightly soiled book edge.

Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 1973. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st) Larger book, fine darker red cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, 558 pages. Texts of 500 songs in both Yiddish and English, some beautiful illustrations throughout. DJ glossy purple beneath mylar with illustration of bearded man playing a violin on front and top back left, praise from Saturday Review, Jewish Currents, Israel Horizons, Western Folklore and other publications. DJ has slight surface wear at middle front bookfold edge, light to front tips, 1/4" tear at bottom front edge near spine, micronick and microtear at spine top edge, nick and micronicks at spine bottom right edge, scratch at spine top, thin very tiny tear at top back edge, tiny tear and microtear at bottom back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Cambridge University Press, 1989. Note: in this copy, several pages of the bibliography and index are blank due to printing error. Ex-library with typical markings/stickers; no marks in text; front and rear free endpapers excised; mild fading to spine and to tops of boards.. Hard Cover. Fair.