(Vocal Collection). A collection of great songs from the 1920s-1960s, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. Also includes a preface by the editor as well as notes about each song. This baritone edition includes: All the Things You Are * Blue Skies * Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky)* In the Still of the Night * Love Is Here to Stay * Moon River * The Nearness of You * Over the Rainbow * Someone to Watch over Me * When I Fall in Love * and more.

Released in 1952, The Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (1923–1991). A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured an eclectic and idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance music, gospel, and numerous other performances less easy to classify. Where previous collections of folk music, both printed and recorded, had privileged field recordings and oral transmission, Smith purposefully shaped his collection from previously released commercial records, pointedly blurring established racial boundaries in his selection and organisation of performances. Indeed, more than just a ground-breaking collection of old recordings, the Anthology was itself a kind of performance on the part of its creator. Over the six decades of its existence, however, it has continued to exert considerable influence on generations of musicians, artists, and writers. It has been credited with inspiring the North American folk revival—"The Anthology was our bible", asserted Dave Van Ronk in 1991, "We all knew every word of every song on it"—and with profoundly influencing Bob Dylan. After its 1997 release on CD by Smithsonian Folkways, it came to be closely associated with the so-called Americana and Alt-Country movements of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Following its sixtieth birthday, and now available as a digital download and rereleased on vinyl, it is once again a prominent icon in numerous musical currents and popular culture more generally. This is the first book devoted to such a vital piece of the large and complex story of American music and its enduring value in American life. Reflecting the intrinsic interdisciplinarity of Smith’s original project, this collection contains a variety of new perspectives on all aspects of the Anthology.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Crooners, wailers, shouters, balladeers some of our greatest pop vocalists have poured their hearts and souls into the musical gems of the Great American Songbook. They sang in nightclubs and concert halls, on television and in films, and left us a legacy of recordings still in play today. Their interpretations entertained us, moved us to tears, and wove lyrics and music into the fabric of our lives, making us see ourselves in these quintessentially American songs. This folio features 100 of these classics by Louis Armstrong (Hello Dolly * What a Wonderful World), Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), Rosemary Clooney (Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep), Nat "King" Cole (Route 66), Bing Crosby (True Love), Doris Day (Bewitched), Ella Fitzgerald (How High the Moon), Judy Garland (Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody), Dean Martin (Everybody Loves Somebody), Frank Sinatra (Young at Heart), Barbra Streisand (People), Mel Torme (Heart and Soul), and many, many more.

(Instrumental Folio). If you've been playing clarinet for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs, many of which originally featured clarinet! Songs include: Air (Air on the G String) * Baby Elephant Walk * Clarinet Polka * Fight Song * God Bless America * Honeysuckle Rose * I Will Always Love You * Memories of You * Roar * Stand by Me * Uptown Funk * You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me * You've Got a Friend in Me * and more.

(Instrumental Folio). If you've been playing violin for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs, many of which originally featured violin! Songs include: Best Song Ever * Canon in D * Dust in the Wind * Eleanor Rigby * The Hustle * The Irish Washerwoman * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Pure Imagination * Theme from "Schindler's List" * Summertime * Tennessee Waltz * Turkey in the Straw * Viva La Vida * You Raise Me Up * and more.

Bringing together over 100 years of creative and vital American poetry in one volume, Anthology of Modern American Poetry includes over 750 poems by 161 American poets ranging from Walt Whitman to Sherman Alexie. It represents not only the traditionally familiar poetic works of the last hundred years but also includes numerous poems by women, minority, and progressive writers only rediscovered in the past two decades. It is also the first anthology to give full treatment to American long poems and poetic sequences.

(Vocal Collection). This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful, each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward. Contents: Comedy Tonight (from A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM) * Edelweiss (from THE SOUND OF MUSIC) * Get Me To The Church On Time (from MY FAIR LADY) * The Girl That I Marry (from the Stage Production ANNIE GET YOUR GUN) * Gonna Be Another Hot Day (from 110 IN THE SHADE) * How To Handle A Woman (from CAMELOT) * I Talk To The Trees (from PAINT YOUR WAGON) * I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (from MY FAIR LADY) * If Ever I Would Leave You (from CAMELOT) * The Impossible Dream (The Quest) (from MAN OF LA MANCHA) * Just In Time (from BELLS ARE RINGING) * Leaning On A Lamp Post (from ME AND MY GIRL) * My Cup Runneth Over (from I DO! I DO!) * My Defenses Are Down (from the Stage Production ANNIE GET YOUR GUN) * Oklahoma (from OKLAHOMA!) * Some Enchanted Evening (from SOUTH PACIFIC) * Soon It's Gonna Rain (from THE FANTASTICKS) * The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (from OKLAHOMA!) * There Is Nothin' Like A Dame (from SOUTH PACIFIC) * They Call The Wind Maria (from PAINT YOUR WAGON) * This Nearly Was Mine (from SOUTH PACIFIC) * Try To Remember (from THE FANTASTICKS) * Wunderbar (from KISS ME, KATE)

Illustrations by Resie Lonette.

The new standard in jazz fake books since 1988. Endorsed by McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Dave Liebman, and many more. Evenly divided between standards, jazz classics and pop-fusion hits, this is the all-purpose book for jazz gigs, weddings, jam sessions, etc. Like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (sample bass lines, chord voicings, drum appendix, etc.) not found in conventional fake books.

(Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. MEZZO-SOPRANO/BELTER CONTENTS: Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * The Man I Love * Maybe * My Man's Gone Now * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).