Folk category: 608 books

A wonderful collection of 10 classic Polish folk songs. Songs include: 1. Wyjezdzojze Z Nami - Come, Come away with us, 2. Uśnij-ze mi uśnij - Sleep now, my baby, 3. Som, som, som, W Stawie Rybecki - Fish, fish, fish, tiny little fish, 4. Tam W Krakowie, W Pieknym Domku - There in Cracow stays my...

Folk Songs for Solo Ukulele includes 29 classic folk songs arranged for chord-solo-style ukulele. In this style, the melody is voiced on the highest string while the harmony is voiced on the lower strings, creating a beautiful solo sound. Guitar chords are included if accompaniment is desired. The tunes represent the rich palette of American and English folk music.

Scorebook with 3 classic old-time Dutch folk songs, originally published in 1929. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

This book provides 20 beautiful Anglo-American folk songs, field-collected by two remarkable real-life "song catchers," Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman, in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky in 1914 and 1916. Josephine and Loraine, the latter accompanied by Howard Brockway, a composer...

A wonderful collection of 12 classic Persian folk songs, originally published in 1904. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

A fantastic collection of classic Creole folk songs originally published in 1921. Songs include: Aurore pradère, Gardè piti mulet là, Belle layotte, Quand mo-té jeune, Aine, dè, trois, Caroline, Dialogue d'amour. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known...

Acclaimed Scottish singer Jean Redpath (1937–2014) is best remembered for her impressive repertoire of ancient ballads, Robert Burns songs, and contemporary folk music, recorded and performed over a career spanning some fifty years, from the 1960s until her death in 2014. In Giving Voice to Traditional...

"The Besom Maker and Other Country Folk Songs" is a collection of traditional English countryside songs first published in 1888. The songs of this collection are such as would have been sung in the fields and meadows for generations, and perhaps are still known to some. With beautiful illustrations...

Ewan MacColl is widely recognized as a key figure in the English folk revival, who tried to convey traditional music to a mass audience. Dominant in the movement during the 1950s and much of the 1960s, his position has come under attack in more recent years from some scholars. While it would be arrogant...

Folk Songs Hawaii Sings is a sparkling compilation of melodies from the islands of Polynesia together with a variety of folk songs that countless Asian people have brought with them to their new home in the Hawaiian Islands. In one sense it is a musical picture of the renowned harmonious blend...

Read an excerpt and listen to the songs featured in the book at http://folksonghistory.com/In 2015, Bob Dylan said, "I learned lyrics and how to write them from listening to folk songs. And I played them, and I met other people that played them, back when nobody was doing it. Sang nothing but these...

"This Land Is Your Land" is the most iconic folk song in American history, and is the masterwork of one of America's greatest artists, Woody Guthrie. Written in 1940 and first recorded in 1944, the song became an instant hit, and then a point of controversy, and finally a cross-generation...

The Library of Folk Songs contains an expansive collection of over 130 folk tunes from around the world! Each song is presented with melody line in standard notation along with chords and lyrics. Ordered into 6 categories ‘Love and Longing’, ‘Fun and Dancing’, ‘Holidays and Celebrations’,...

NORTHERN JOURNEY was first published in 1995, by Reference Press, and was updated with a second edition in 1998. This is an ebook reprint of the Reference Press 1998 second edition.NORTHERN JOURNEY is a guide to the traditional and contemporary acoustic music of Canada released in CD format...