Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30945
Saddle-stitched. Folk.
Book. 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,
ôDarling Nelly
Grayö by Benjamin
Hanby, popular Civil
War-era songs by Stephen
Foster and other period
songwriters, plus parlor
music favorites like
Edward MacDowellÃ?s
ôTo a Wild Roseö,
Ethelbert NevinÃ?s
ôMighty Lak� a
Roseö, and ôAura
Leeö, a melody by
George R. Poulton that
would resurface nearly a
hundred years later as
ôLove Me
Tenderö.á.
Folk Ballad
