Louisiana French Folk Songs
by Irene Therese Whitfield
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Poulsbo, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First Edition as the date - 1939 - is on both the Title page and the Copyright page. Includes inscription and signature by the author - "Remember that a walk with you is better than a ride with many others" - signed October 19, 1940 Irene Therese Whitfield Holmes.
159 pages and 65 songs with a delightful introduction by the author, about field work collecting songs with Alan Lomax. Includes Louisiana-French Folk Songs, Cajun Folk Songs, and Creole Folk Songs. Commentaries are provided for each song, and melodies are noted. Songs lyrics are French, however, no translations are given.
Front cover and spine are clean and intact. The rear cover is intact but is stained and slightly warped. Corners and spine ends are in very good shape.
Pages are aged, but clean with no markings noted.
159 pages and 65 songs with a delightful introduction by the author, about field work collecting songs with Alan Lomax. Includes Louisiana-French Folk Songs, Cajun Folk Songs, and Creole Folk Songs. Commentaries are provided for each song, and melodies are noted. Songs lyrics are French, however, no translations are given.
Front cover and spine are clean and intact. The rear cover is intact but is stained and slightly warped. Corners and spine ends are in very good shape.
Pages are aged, but clean with no markings noted.
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Details
- Bookseller
- HLP Songs & Ballads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ANH0008
- Title
- Louisiana French Folk Songs
- Author
- Irene Therese Whitfield
- Format/Binding
- Binding is original and tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Louisiana
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthology - Hardcover; Ballad & Folk Song;
- Size
- 6 x 9
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