A San Francisco songster, 1849-1939 [Cornel Lengyel, editor]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lengyel, Cornel, 1914-2003.

United States Works Projects Administration (California) History of Music Project

Series:

History of music in San Francisco series / History of Music Project, U.S. Works Progress Administration ; no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs, English.

Folk songs--California.

Folk songs.

Folk songs, American.

Physical Description:

ix, 208 (i.e. 246) |. 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : History of Music Project, U.S. Works Progress Administration, [1939]

Notes:

Includes thirty-eight extra numbered leaves.

With music (unaccompanied melodies; some tunes indicated by title)

"An anthology of songs and ballads sung in San Francisco from the gold rush era to the present."-2d prelim. leaf.

Appendices: A. Sources of song texts.--B. Sources of music.--C. San Francisco song composers.--D. San Francisco music publishers.--E. Note on local songsters.--F. The Pacific song book (contents)--G. Other representative songsters (contents)--H. List of S.F. songster publications.--I. Flats and camps north of San Francisco.--J. General bibliography on balladry.--K. Title index.

Cover title.

Mimeographed.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

OCLC:

3385182