Negative Space: music history
- Let mortal tongues awake
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Samuel Francis Smith’s America—more commonly known as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee”— is short, direct, and a wonderful hymn to God as the soul of liberty. It’s a perfect hymn for the Fourth of July. It’s also very easy to play using the piano script from 42 Astounding Scripts.
- Songs of the American Revolution
- Various songs, and the history of the songs, that made the Revolution—sometimes decades later.
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- The American Songbag (ebook)
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“The American Songbag is a ragbag of strips, stripes, and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth. The melodies and verses presented here are from diverse regions, from varied human characters and communities, and each is sung differently in different places.” (Carl Sandburg)
- Songs of ’76 (hardcover)
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“A Folksinger’s History of the Revolution… Being a compendium of music and verses, patriotic and treasonous, sung both by the Rebels and the adherents of His Royal Majesty George III.” (Oscar Brand)
- The Look of Love: Steyn’s Song of the Week
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“…on the big Bacharach numbers, David more than did his job. In fact, he made Bacharach sing easier. The tunes were certainly more interesting than the average rock number… but they never sounded tricksy because Hal David's words made them sing so effortlessly.”
