Barbershops Bullets and Ballads

Through Barbershops Bullets and Ballads: An Annotated Anthology of Underappreciated American Musical Jewels 1865--1918 you will discover older musical gems written during a half-century period of geographical economic political and cultural expansion in the United States. Due to the fact that our collective American consciousness is rapidly developing cultural amnesia about or indifference to many of these older songs the authors felt that a scholarly anthology needed to be produced before another century and millennium overwhelmed us. With Barbershops Bullets and Ballads you will discover academic composers such as Arthur Foote George Chadwick and Amy Beach and find annotations outlining the history of the songs as well as the actual words and music. Barbershops Bullets and Ballads reveals to you such underappreciated songs as: âœAbove in Her Chamberâ with music by Julius Eichberg and lyrics by poet Celia Thaxter âœIn the Evening by the Moonlightâ with music and lyrics by James A. Bland âœMy Wild Irish Roseâ with music and lyrics by Chauncey Olcott âœCheyenneâ by lyricist Harry H. Williams and composer Egbert Van Alstyne âœCome Josephine in My Flying Machineâ with music by Fred Fisher and lyrics by Alfred BryanIn Barbershops Bullets and Ballads you will find sections containing historical notes of featured songs in chronological order. Through this remarkable collection you will discover an anthology of popular music of the bygone âœgolden ageâ of song and take a pleasurable voyage back to a time that is long gone. . Language: English