Foster, Stephen - With My Banjo on My Knee
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  • Stephen Foster - With My Banjo on My Knee
  • Stephen Foster - With My Banjo on My Knee

Foster, Stephen - With My Banjo on My Knee

Catalogue No: HL00001179
ArrangementBanjo
ArrangerDaniel Partner
ComposerStephen Foster
Product FormatSheet Music/CD
£18.99
Awaiting restock from UK distributor, typically dispatched in 3-4 weeks
SeriesBanjo
Pages64
Publication Date2008
ISBN9781574242294 (1574242296)
UPC884088211615

Here are some of the first and most popular songs ever written for banjo. Fascinating historical notes accompany this collection, describing the meaning of the songs, their place in history, the significance of the musicians whofirst performed them, and Foster himself, America's first professional songwriter. The complete original lyrics of each song and an extensive bibliography are included. The CD contains recordings of each arrangement performed onsolo minstrel banjo.

Contents

  1. Stephen Foster & The Banjo: A Musical Transformation
  2. The American Songwriter
  3. Dreaming Of Minstrels
  4. The Story And Spirit Of The Antebellum Banjo
  5. I Like Dat Good Old Song
  6. A Song Like No Other
  7. The Second-Prize Winner
  8. Two Cents A Copy
  9. The Celebratory Slave
  10. A Dulcem Melody
  11. The Enchantment Of Doo-Dah
  12. The Sold Away Slave
  13. Death Up North
  14. The Master Storyteller
  15. The Beginning Of Melancholy
  16. A Catching, Melodic Itch
  17. An Enduring Stereotype
  18. The Intolerable Burden
  19. The Yearning Of A Freedom
  20. The Last Minstrel Song
  21. Complete Lyrics
  22. Works Cited
Centerstream Publications
HL00001179