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Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas

Title
Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas / by Beatrice Landeck ; instrumental arrangements by Milton Kaye ; English version of foreign lyrics by Margaret Marks ; drawings by Alexander Dobkin.
Author
Landeck, Beatrice.
Publication
New York : D. McKay Co., c1961.

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Additional Authors
  • Kaye, Milton.
  • Marks, Margaret.
Description
1 close score (viii, 184 p.) : ill.; 29 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • For 1 or more voices, with accompaniment of piano and/or percussion instruments in varying combinations; includes chord symbols.
  • English words, in part translated from French, Portuguese, Spanish and unspecified West African languages.
  • Includes discussions of the origin of each folk song as well as technics of performance.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 182-183.
  • Discography: p. 178-181.
Contents
pt.1. From Africa to the New World -- pt.2. On the shores of the Caribbean -- pt.3. In South and Central America -- pt.4. Song roots of jazz in the United States.
Call Number
Sc 784.4-L (Landeck, B. Echoes of Africa)
LCCN
m 61001013
OCLC
  • 1574291
  • NYPGR1574291-B
Author
Landeck, Beatrice.
Title
Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas / by Beatrice Landeck ; instrumental arrangements by Milton Kaye ; English version of foreign lyrics by Margaret Marks ; drawings by Alexander Dobkin.
Imprint
New York : D. McKay Co., c1961.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 182-183.
Discography: p. 178-181.
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Added Author
Kaye, Milton.
Marks, Margaret.
Research Call Number
Sc 784.4-L (Landeck, B. Echoes of Africa)
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