American Folksongs

Item Number: HL.740188

ISBN 0634047620. 9x12 inches. The Vocal Library Concert Arrangements by Bryan Stanley & Richard Walters.

Concert arrangements for voice and piano in an art song style of 35 great folksongs from the American heritage. These interesting and expressive settings are appropriate for collegiate recitals or advanced high school singers as contest solos.

Contents: Amazing Grace • The Banks of the Ohio • The Battle on Shiloh's Hill • Beware, Oh, Take Care • Bill Groggin's Goat • Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair • Bury Me Beneath the Willow • Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing • The Cruel War Is Raging • Daughter, Will You Marry? • Greenland Fisheries/Haul Away, Joe • The Honest Ploughman • The Housewife's Lament • How Can I Keep from Singing (duet) • How Can I Keep from Singing (solo) • How Firm a Foundation • I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song) • Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier • Let Us Break Bread Together • Mighty Day • Nine Hundred Miles • Once I Had a Sweetheart • The River in the Pines • Sacramento • Sail Around • Shenandoah • Single Girl • Soldier, Soldier, Will You Marry Me • The Streets of Laredo • Wayfaring Stranger • We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder (duet) • We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder (solo) • Whistle, Daughter, Whistle • Wondrous Love (duet) • Wondrous Love (solo).