| Work Title
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Folk Songs of the Kentucky Mountains
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| Alternative. Title
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Twenty traditional ballads and other English folk-songs notated from the singing of the Kentucky Mountain People and arranged with piano accompaniment by Josephine McGill. Introductory note by H. E. Krehbiel.
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| Composer
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McGill, Josephine
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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20 songs:
- As I Walked Out
- Babes in the Woods
- Bangum and the Boar
- Barbara Allen
- The Cherry Tree
- The Cuckoo (2 Versions)
- The Forsaken Girl
- The Golden Willow Tree
- The Greenwood Side
- The Gypsie Laddie
- Her Cheek is Like Some Blooming Red Rose
- John and William
- Lady Gay
- Little Sparrow
- Lord Lovel
- Lord Randal
- Lord Thomas
- Loving Hannah
- The Mermaid
- Sweet William.
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| First Publication.
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1917
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| Librettist
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Traditional
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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To those in the Kentucky Mountains "who take delight in singing," these arrangements are dedicated by "The strange woman who went among them looking for Song-Ballets".
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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voice and piano
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