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American solo songs through 1865 / edited by Nicholas Tawa.

Other author/creatorTawa, Nicholas E.
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication Info[Boston, MA?] : G.K. Hall, 1989.
Description1 score (xx, 432 pages) : facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Three centuries of American music ; v. 1
Three centuries of American music ; v. 1. ^A266900
Contents Worldly songs : All round my hat. Amyntor. Billy Barlow. Billy Grimes. The blind girl. Broadway sights. California, or Gold! with directions how to get it. Cousin John. The female auctioneer. Grafted into the army. Jingle bells, or the One horse open sleigh. Kiss me quick and go. My last cigar. Old rosin the beau. The scientific frog. The total s'iety. Yes sir-ee -- Minstrel songs : De blue tail fly. Camptown races. Clare de kitchen. Coal black rose. Dandy Jim form Caroline. I wish in Dixie's land. Jim Crow. Jordan is a hard road to trabel. Listen to the mocking bird. Lubly fan will you cum out to night. Sambo's 'dress is he' bred'rin. The yellow rose of Texas. Zip coon -- Songs on Indians, Blacks, and societal problems : The blue Juniata. Come home, Father. Get off the track! The grave of the slave. A negro song. -- The poor flower girl. Poor old slave. We'll go down ourselves -- Songs on heroes, liberty, freedom, and nationhood : The battle cry of freedom. -- The battle hymn of the Republic, Columbia, the land of the brave, or Columbia the gem of the ocean. Decatur's victory. -- The fireman's song. For the dear old flag I die! Hail! Columbia happy land. The Kentucky volunteer. --Kingdom coming. Old Ironsides. Our native land. The starry banner. The tea tax. Uncle Sam's farm. The vacant chair. -- We are coming Father Abra'am, 300,000 more. When Johnny comes marching home -- Songs for contemplation : Alone, alone. -- Bright things can never die. Mary's tears! Sad news from home. The songs of our fathers. -- Musical reflections on home, family, and Mother's love : Ben Bolt, or Oh! Don't you remember. Good news from home. Laurie's cottage. Leaving home! My trundle bed, or Recollections of childhood. Slumber, my darling. Take me home to die, or the Last request. Woodman! Spare that tree! -- Songs on women's love : Ah do not forget love. The bridesmaid. Claudine. Forget thee? I have a silent sorrow here. Leave me not yet. The little sailor boy. The lonely auld wife. Lorena. Oh! Say not woman's heart is bought. Thou can'st not forget me -- Songs on men's love : For a living woman : The Hudson side. The knight of the raven black plume. My Mary Ann. Wait for the wagon. When I saw sweet Nellie home -- For a dead, or possibly dead, woman : Annie Lisle. Cora Dean. The haze dell. Lily Dale. On the lake where droop'd the willow. Rosa Lee, or Dont [sic] be foolish Joe -- Toward the art song : Beneath a weeping willow's shade. The merry little fat man. My gen'rous heart disdains. Slumber on, Baby dear. The soft bugle. When wakes the sun at early dawn.
General noteFacsimile reproductions of early editions.
General notePiano acc.; in part with chorus.
General noteEnglish words, in part printed as text.
General noteHistorical and editorial notes on p. xi-xx.
General noteIncludes index by title, composer, and lyricist.
Bibliography noteBibliography of songs: p. 411-419; Suggested reading: p. 421-424.
Other titleAll round my hat (Hansell)
Other titleAmyntor (Taylor)
Other titleBilly Barlow.
Other titleBilly Grimes (Oakley)
Other titleCountry lassie and her mother (Oakley)
Other titleBlind girl (Metcalf)
Other titleBroadway sights (Latham)
Other titleCalifornia (Pearce)
Other titleGold! with directions how to get it (Pearce)
Other titleFemale auctioneer (Orphean family)
Other titleGrafted into the army (Work)
Other titleJingle bells (Pierpont)
Other titleOne horse open sleigh (Pierpont)
Other titleKiss me quick and go (Buckley)
Other titleMy last cigar (Hubbard)
Other titleOld rosin the beau (Beckell)
Other titleScientific frog (Hart)
Other titleTotal S'iety (Russell)
Other titleYes sir-ee (Peabody)
Other titleBlue tail fly.
Other titleCamptown races (Foster)
Other titleGwine to run all night (Foster)
Other titleClare de kitchen (Salomon)
Other titleCoal black rose (Rice)
Other titleDandy Jim from Carolina (Norton)
Other titleI wish I was in Dixie's land (Emmett)
Other titleDixie's land (Emmett)
Other titleJim Crow (Rice)
Other titleJordan is a hard road to trabel (Emmett)
Other titleListen to the mocking bird (Hawthorne)
Other titleLubly fan will you cum out to night? (White)
Other titleSambo's address' to his bred'ren (Taylor)
Other titleSambo' 'dress to he' bred'rin (Taylor)
Other titleYellow rose of Texas (Brown)
Other titleZip coon.
Other titleBlue Juniata (White)
Other titleCome home, Father (Work)
Other titleGet off the track! (Hutchinson)
Other titleGrave of the slave (Johnson)
Other titleNegro song (Carr)
Other titlePoor flower girl (Carr)
Other titlePoor old slave (Griffin)
Other titleWe'll go down ourselves (Work)
Other titleBattle cry of freedom (G. F. Root)
Other titleBattle hymn of the Republic (Steffe)
Other titleColumbia the gem of the ocean (Shaw)
Other titleColumbia the land of the brave (Shaw)
Other titleDecatur's victory (Strickland)
Other titleFireman's song (Farmenter)
Other titleFor the dear old flag I die! (Foster)
Other titleHail Columbia happy land (Hopkinson)
Other titleKentucky volunteer (Taylor)
Other titleKingdom coming (Work)
Other titleOld Ironside (Frey)
Other titleOur native land (Hewitt)
Other titleStarry banner (Nelson)
Other titleUncle Sam's farm.
Other titleVacant chair (Hoot)
Other titleWe shall meet, but we shall miss him (Root)
Other titleWe are coming father Abra'am (Emerson)
Other titleWhen Johnny comes marching home (Lambert)
Other titleAlone, alone (Aladdin / Comer)
Other titleBright things can never die (Rimbault)
Other titleMary's tears! (Shaw)
Other titleSad news from home (Gilmore)
Other titleSongs of our fathers (Zeuner)
Other titleBen Bolt (Kneass)
Other titleOh! Don't you remember (Kneass)
Other titleGood news from home (Gilmore)
Other titleLaurie's cottage (Markestein)
Other titleLeaving home (Ordway)
Other titleMy trundle bed (Baker)
Other titleRecollections of childhood (Baker)
Other titleSlumber my darling (Foster)
Other titleTake me home to die (Woodbury)
Other titleLast request (Woodbury)
Other titleWoodman spare that tree (Russell)
Other titleAh do not forget love (Watson)
Other titleBridesmaid (Hewitt)
Other titleClaudine (Carr)
Other titleForget thee? (Sloman)
Other titleI have a silent sorrow here (Dutchess of Devonshire)
Other titleLeave me not yet (Hemans)
Other titleLittle sailor boy (Carr)
Other titleLonely auld wife (Dempster)
Other titleLorena (Webster)
Other titleOh! say not woman's heart is bought (Whitaker)
Other titleThou canst not forget me (Smith)
Other titleHudson side (Rodwell)
Other titleKnight of the raven black plume Hewitt)
Other titleMy Mary Ann (Tyte)
Other titleYankee girl's song (Tyte)
Other titleWait for the wagon (Khauff)
Other titleWhen I saw sweet Nellie home (Fletcher)
Other titleAnnie Lisle (Thompson)
Other titleCora Dean (Foster)
Other titleHazel dell (Wurzel)
Other titleLilly Dale (Thompson)
Other titleOn the lake where droop'd the willow (Horn)
Other titleRosa Lee.
Other titleDon't be foolish Joe.
Other titleBeneath a weeping willow's shade.
Other titleMerry little fat man (Blewitt)
Other titleSlumber on baby dear (Debrin)
Other titleMother's cradle song (Debrin)
Other titleSoft bugle (Zeuner)
Other titleWhen wakes the sun at early dawn (Watson)
ISBN0816105421

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