| The American Songbag Contributor(s): Sandburg, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 015605650X ISBN-13: 9780156056502 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1990 Annotation: This long-established anthology, compiled by Sandburg and 'his friends from coast to coast and from the Gulf to Canada, ' contains singable words and music--complete harmonizations or piano accompaniments--to 290 songs, ballads, and ditties that people have sung in the making of America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Printed Music - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional - Music | Lyrics |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| LCCN: 28000681 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 8" W x 10" (2.35 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the Author; Index. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sandburg, Carl: - CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career. |