From: gunther@guntheranderson.com   
      
   Abby Sale wrote:   
   > On 18 Dec 2006 19:58:06 -0800, "David Rintoul"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>There's American Ballads and Folk Songs by John and Alan Lomax,   
   >>published by Dover and Jerry Silvermans' Folk Song Encyclopedia --it's   
   >>published in two volumes by Hal Leonard,   
   >   
   > True but you can't avoid _Rise Up Singing_.  It's awfully (but not 100%)   
   > saccharine but it has most things people think of singing when they seek   
   > this material.   
   >   
   > I still like Silber's _Folksinger's Workbook_.  1000 texts & chords, no   
   > tunes.  But most of the tunes are easily available online.  At Mudcat Cafe   
   > or Ron Clarke's MIDI Empire - http://tadpole.mytunebook.de/songs/songs.htm   
   >   
   > Actually, there are a zillion midi & ABC sites with folk tunes.  Taylor's   
   > American stuff is: http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/america.htm   
      
   I'm also fond of Agay's "Best Loved Songs of the American People".  Many   
   will undoubtedly fail the purist definition of folk music, as they have   
   well-defined authors, but it's another good window on American music.   
      
   Gunther Anderson   
      
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