The Social Harp

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The Social Harp
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ISBN-10 : 0820331511
ISBN-13 : 9780820331515
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Book Synopsis The Social Harp by : John G. McCurry

Book excerpt: One of the rarest country songbooks, it contains 222 pieces, mostly folktune settings, dating from the time between the Revolution and the Civil War. This facsimile reprinting has appendices useful for the study of its sources and an introduction that throws light on the men who wrote for nineteenth-century American songsters.


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