The Music of American Folk Song: And Selected Other Writings on American Folk Music

by Ruth Crawford Seeger

Book Overview

This is the first complete publication of the late composer and scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger's major work on American folksongs. It preserves them as well as demonstrates how they should be played so that they remain a living partof the American musical tradition.

This is the first publication of an annotated monograph by the noted composer and folksong scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger. Originally written as a foreword for the 1940 book Our Singing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461360
• ISBN13: 9781580461368
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"