Pdf: American Love Songs

Uncovers the unexplored history of the love song, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day, and dis ...

Collects three love stories set on islands, including "Seven Nights in Paradise," in which Melanie White bumps into the one man she can't forget and seeks ...

Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, an ...

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Folklorists and lovers of folk songs will delight in this collection of the lyrics of songs sung by settlers of western New York in the middle of the ninet ...

Alabamians have always been a singing people. The settlers who moved into the various sections of the state brought with them songs which reflected their n ...

The second in our series of vocal collections from the Great American Songbook, Love Songs for Solo Singers features a mix of well-known standards focusing ...

Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Jesse James, Down in the Valley ...

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The second in our series of vocal collections from the Great American Songbook, Love Songs for Solo Singers features a mix of well-known standards focusing ...

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In this volume, 39 of the legendary composers from Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s through the 1950s discuss their careers and share the ...

In this volume (a companion to American Popular Song Composers), 39 leading American lyricists from the Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s ...

Louisville native John Jacob Niles (1892--1980) is considered to be one of our nation's most influential musicians. As a composer and balladeer, Niles drew ...

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In this wonderful collection Ian Whitcomb shows how to handle the uke in such a romantic way that the gently murmuring strums emerge to act as a sweet stre ...

In nineteenth-century America, poetry was, part of everyday life, as familiar as a hymn, a love song, a patriotic exhortation. American Poetry: The Ninetee ...

Jake Brenner has too many wild oats to sow to fall in love--or so he claims. Besides, he's much too busy with his band, the Wayward Sons, to go looking for ...

"Love Songs" by Sara Teasdale. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics ...

Popular Culture: An Introductory Text provides the means for a new examination of the different faces of the American character in both its historical and ...

From Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" to Nina in "In the Heights" and Elphaba in "Wicked," female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their ...

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After Pearl Harbor, Tin Pan Alley songwriters rushed to write the Great American War Song -- an "Over There" for World War II. The most popular songs, howe ...

Discusses Piaf, Mercer, Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Haymes, Friedhofer, Ellington, Jo Stafford. ...

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A collection of stories passed down by storytellers about peace, hope, and justice. ...

Considers the lives and contributions of 144 significant composers in the field. Includes a general discography, bibliography, and indexes for both titles ...

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America’s Songs II: Songs from the 1890's to the Post-War Years continues to tell the stories behind popular songs in our country’s history, serving as ...

The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class c ...

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An ode to Winnipeg's north end, where Ms. Vermette grew up. It's also the neighbourhood where her Métis brother went missing. ...

Many Christians who live in a sterile, duty-bound relationship with God long to experience his love. They are surprised to find what precious truths abound ...

Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and John Henry, and gives words and musi ...

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