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Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection

Anne Warner

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English
Syracuse University Press
30 April 2025
Country & Western music
Starting in the late 1930s, writer Anne and her husband and musician Frank Warner traveled along the Eastern Seaboard, from the Adirondacks to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, collecting folk songs they would perform, document, research, and lecture on. This decade-spanning work led to the Warners’ development of a nearly one-thousand-song archive, one of the defining collections of American folk music.

From that treasured archive, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection brings together nearly 200 of the Warners’ most beloved songs with a detailed history behind the music and lyrics. The book is uniquely organized by region and singer, allowing each of the voices to speak to the places they called home and the songs that could be heard there. Now updated with new photos, Traditional American Folk Songs is the definitive collection from the preeminent collectors of East Coast American folk music.
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Imprint:   Syracuse University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 127mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   1.588kg
ISBN:   9780815601852
ISBN 10:   0815601859
Pages:   530
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Anne Warner has written numerous album liner notes and articles on American folk music. In 1981 an award given at Southeastern Massachusetts University cited Anne and husband Frank Warner as ""relentless collectors with lives dedicated to the perpetuation of the oral tradition.""

Reviews for Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection

Frank Warner's warm bass voice has rewarded us with the richness of songs long buried. Now, his and Anne's book adds immeasurably to the treasure.-- ""Studs Terkel"" What a wonderful book! Full of good anecdotes and fascinating people and characters, recalled with love and humor. And the songs! One fine melody after another.-- ""Pete Seeger""


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