Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0916638405 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A magnificent contribution to the literature of the folk song." -- The Los Angeles Times"A splendid, extended collectionwith historical, explanatory and biographical material." -- The Library Journal
For many years he was a book-publishing editor in New York City. William Doerflinger (1910-2000) began collecting sailors' and lumbermen's songs as an undergraduate at Princeton. He continued work after graduation, first in Nova Scotia, later in New Brunswick, New England and New York.
All lovers of authentic folk songs will welcome this new softcover edition of a definitive book, originally titled "Shantymen and Shantyboys.". The songs are given exactly as recorded from the singing of individual veterans of deep-water and square-rigged ships, the brigs and barkentines of the West Indies trade, the Grand Banks fishing schooners, and Northern logging camps and river drives. Each man's own wording and vocal embellishments are faithfully captured. Here are over 150 rousing sea shanties, forecastle songs and lumber-woods ballads traditional in the days of sailing ships and logging camps
Five Stars What I'd expot. Sing me a shanty This a great book of music. This is also a fantastic source of history on the music and time period that the song comes from.If you really want to learn the music or history - get this book.. songs sailor and lumberman by Doerflinger peter g salomons this book gives an good revieuw from the songs from the past,a nice colection bundled together in an easy reading paperback format end perfect documentated.