Classical Guitar Tunes - Beautiful American Airs and Ballads
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SKU: MB.30945
Saddle-stitched. Folk. Book. 24 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30945. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30945).ISBN 9781513472744. 8.75X11.75 inches.
This collection of 19th and early 20th century airs and ballads is a celebration of American music that is ideal for guitar recitals and encores. Written in standard notation only, the pieces are arranged and fingered for ease of sight-reading and specifically designed to exploit the musicality of the classical guitar.The book features arrangements of the antebellum song, ?Darling Nelly Gray÷ by Benjamin Hanby, popular Civil War-era songs by Stephen Foster and other period songwriters, plus parlor music favorites like Edward MacDowell?s ?To a Wild Rose÷, Ethelbert Nevin?s ?Mighty Lak? a Rose÷, and ?Aura Lee÷, a melody by George R. Poulton that would resurface nearly a hundred years later as ?Love Me Tender÷.ß.
Song List (11)
- Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Stephen C Foster 1826 -1864)
- Just Before the Battle, Mother (George F Root 1820 -1895)
- Darling Nelly Gray (B R Hanby 1833 -1867)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen C Foster 1826 -1864)
- Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen C Foster 1826 -1864)
- Mighty Lak' a Rose (Ethelbert Nevin 1862 -1901)
- Aura Lee (George R Poulton 1828 -1867)
- To a Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell 1860 -1908)
- Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (Civil War Ballad)
- Shady Grove (Appalachian Folk Song)
- Land of Rest (Early American Sacred Melody)