A Treasury Of Stephen Foster

Taylor, Deems & John Tasker Howard. A TREASURY OF STEPHEN FOSTER. NY: Random House, 1946.
All fore corners are lightly bumped, three of the four are worn through to the boards, else minor wear on the clean and sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Moderately worn DJ has only very minor soil. ; Red cloth spine, gold lettering. Numerous full-page illustrations. MUSIC. Foreword by Deems Taylor. Historical notes by John Tasker Howard. Arranged for the piano by Ray Lev & Dorothy Berliner Commins. Here are fifty of Foster's best songs for singing and playing. A book for everyone who wants to sing alone or with friends. Deems Taylor contributes an illuminating triubte to Foster in his Forward, and the biographical essay and notes by John Tasker Howard reveal all the circumstances under which Foster lived and wrote. The illustrations - a frontispiece in four colors and 49 full-page drawings in two colors - by William Sharp capture the mood of each song. The piano arrangements retain the true character of the original songs. ; 12-1/8" Tall; 222 pages.

Book Club Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by William Sharp. Good in Good- dust jacket.

[SW: Stephen Foster; MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME; CAMPTOWN RACES; OH! SUSANNA; OLD BLACK JOE; JEANIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR; OLD FOLKS AT HOME; MASSA'S IN DE COLD GROUND; Music,]

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Foster, Stephen ; Taylor, Deems ; Lev, Ray ; Commins, Dorothy Berliner ; Howards, John Tasker: A Treasury of Stephen Foster, USA Random House 1946
Very Good Sharp, William

A truly lovely book with 50 of Foster's best songs. 224 pages of music, text and wonderful illustrations. All the pieces have been arranged for piano with lyrics and vocal score. Book has a little shelfwear and the dust jacket is rather frayed, otherwise still a lovely older songbook to treasure for years to come First Thus Fair Hard Cover

[SW: MASY Stephen Foster Folk Music]

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FOSTER Stephen (Not Named).: THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME. London, Davidson's Musical Treasury (c.early1850's)
Sheet music lithograph minstrel T.H. Jones Stephen Foster

.With a lightly coloured lithographed front cover by T.H. Jones clearly of a minstrel and possibly a negro performer who remains unknown. This early version probably published around 1852/3 has no composer credit . Edwin P Christy who of course paid Foster $15 for the rights to the song was the leader of the Christy Minstrels. Davidson the publisher made a vain attempt to match the output and popularity of the Musical Bouquet series and for the early years of the 1850's he produced much popular material. T.H. Jones is noted for his brilliant work. on the early covers of the music hall 'great' Sam Cowell. Folio size with music.Condition VG Rare early British minstrel piece.

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Taylor, Deems & John Tasker Howard. A TREASURY OF STEPHEN FOSTER. NY: Random House, c. 1946.
Red cloth spine, gold lettering. Numerous full-page illustrations. MUSIC. Foreword by Deems Taylor. Historical notes by John Tasker Howard. Arranged for the piano by Ray Lev & Dorothy Berliner Commins. Here are fifty of Foster's best songs for singing and playing. A book for everyone who wants to sing alone or with friends. Deems Taylor contributes an illuminating triubte to Foster in his Forward, and the biographical essay and notes by John Tasker Howard reveal all the circumstances under which Foster lived and wrote. The illustrations - a frontispiece in four colors and 49 full-page drawings in two colors - by William Sharp capture the mood of each song. The piano arrangements retain the true character of the original songs. ; 12-1/8" Tall; 222 pages.

Book Club Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by William Sharp. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Very minor soil and minor wear on the sound binding. Pages have a slight wavy but are otherwise clean and unmarked. 1/2" tear in top edge of DJ, moderate edge wear, minor soil on DJ..

[SW: Stephen Foster; AWAY DOWN SOUF; NELLY WAS A LADY; RING DE BANJO; LAURA LEE; OLD DOG TRAY; BEAUTIFUL DREAMER; VILLAGE MAIDEN; Music,]

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