With My Banjo On My Knee... The Banjo Songs of Stephen Foster includes some of the first and most popular songs written for this evocative instrument.
As well as the complete lyrics to each song and an extensive bibliography, there are also historical notes that describe the meaning of the songs, their place in history, the significance and influence of the musicians who first performed them.
The included CD contains demonstration recordings of each arrangement, performed on solo minstrel banjo.
As well as the complete lyrics to each song and an extensive bibliography, there are also historical notes that describe the meaning of the songs, their place in history, the significance and influence of the musicians who first performed them.
The included CD contains demonstration recordings of each arrangement, performed on solo minstrel banjo.
Stephen Foster & The Banjo: A Musical Transformation
The American Songwriter
Dreaming Of Minstrels
The Story And Spirit Of The Antebellum Banjo
I Like Dat Good Old Song
A Song Like No Other
The Second-Prize Winner
Two Cents A Copy
The Celebratory Slave
A Dulcem Melody
The Enchantment Of Doo-Dah
The Sold Away Slave
Death Up North
The Master Storyteller
The Beginning Of Melancholy
A Catching, Melodic Itch
An Enduring Stereotype
The Intolerable Burden
The Yearning Of A Freedom
The Last Minstrel Song
Complete Lyrics
Works Cited
The American Songwriter
Dreaming Of Minstrels
The Story And Spirit Of The Antebellum Banjo
I Like Dat Good Old Song
A Song Like No Other
The Second-Prize Winner
Two Cents A Copy
The Celebratory Slave
A Dulcem Melody
The Enchantment Of Doo-Dah
The Sold Away Slave
Death Up North
The Master Storyteller
The Beginning Of Melancholy
A Catching, Melodic Itch
An Enduring Stereotype
The Intolerable Burden
The Yearning Of A Freedom
The Last Minstrel Song
Complete Lyrics
Works Cited
| Instrument | Banjo |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Artist Songbook |
| Media | CD, Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | Hal Leonard |
| Bidragsgivare | Foster, Stephen (Composer) Partner, Daniel (Arranger) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| ISBN | 9781574242294 |
| UPC | 884088211615 |