Mandolin Songbook - 30 Songs by Stephen C. Foster

Liederbuch (in deutsch und english) mit 30 Songs von Stephen C. Foster, notiert für die Mandoline.
Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und der damals wohl bekannteste Songwriter. Viele seiner Kompositionen - allen voran: Camptown Races, Oh Susanna und Beautiful Dreamer - sind auch heute noch bekannt und fester Bestandteil der US-amerikanischen Kultur.
Die Lieder sind teilweise mehrstimmig (für eine/n SpielerInn) gesetzt und in Tabulatur und klassischer Notenschrift notiert.
Die vertonten Lieder (Melodie mit Begleitband sowie Begleitband alleine - "Playalong") sind in einem Soundplayer mit regelbarer Abspielgeschwindigkeit online verfügbar.
Videos erklären das Notenlesen, Webadresse und Zugangsdaten im Buch.
Für AnfängerInnen geeignet.
Songbook with 30 Songs by Stephen C. Foster, notated for the Mandolin.
Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was an American composer and probably the best-known songwriter of the time. Many of his compositions - above all: Camptown Races, Oh Susanna and Beautiful Dreamer - are still known today and are an integral part of the US-American culture.
Some of the songs are polyphonic (for one player) and notated in tablature and classical notation.
The sounds of the songs (melody with backing band and backing band alone - "Playalong") are available online in a sound player with adjustable playback speed.
Videos explain how to read music, web address and access data in the book.
Suitable for beginners.
Song List: Ah! May the red rose live alway! / Beautiful Dreamer / Better times are coming / Camptown Races / Down among the Cane-Brakes / Gentle Annie / Hard times come again no more / If you've only got a Moustache / Jeanie with the light brown hair / Massa's in de cold ground / My Gentle Lena Clare / My old Kentucky Home / My Wife is a most knowing woman / Nelly was a Lady / Oh Susanna / Old Black Joe / Old dog Tray / Old Folks at Home / Open thy lattice love / Ring, ring the Banjo / Some Folks / Thats what's the matter / The Glendy Burk / The Song of all Songs / The Village Maiden / The voices that are gone / There are plenty of fish in the sea / Thou art the Queen of my Song / Way down in Ca-i-ro / When this dreadful war is ended