Yours For A Song
- Pamphlet
- New York, NY: Janet E. Tobitt, 1939
New York, NY: Janet E. Tobitt, 1939. Pamphlet. Good +. 64 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; saddle-stapled in printed wraps. Lightly age toned. Sporadic gentle creases. Top corner is bumped at the spine resulting in a small tear and split to the cover and outer pages. Clean and unmarked. A songbook full of Folk Songs, Hymns, Carols, Art Songs, Rounds, and Canons from a wide variety of international origins. The lyrics and the musical notation are both printed for every song.
"This song book contains material drawn from over twenty countries and much of it has never before been published in the USA. Music is a universal language; when we sing the songs of other peoples we share their heritage and possibly come to a deeper understanding of their lives and thoughts than is obtained by less spontaneous means. Folk Song takes on the geographical and historical significance of its country, yet at the same time it is fundamentally human and all the world over it reflects common joys and sorrows. When we sing with others we are far more conscious of kinship than of differences; art is not insular, and when we sing universally we think universally. This book has been compiled with that idea in mind." –Janet E. Tobitt.
"This song book contains material drawn from over twenty countries and much of it has never before been published in the USA. Music is a universal language; when we sing the songs of other peoples we share their heritage and possibly come to a deeper understanding of their lives and thoughts than is obtained by less spontaneous means. Folk Song takes on the geographical and historical significance of its country, yet at the same time it is fundamentally human and all the world over it reflects common joys and sorrows. When we sing with others we are far more conscious of kinship than of differences; art is not insular, and when we sing universally we think universally. This book has been compiled with that idea in mind." –Janet E. Tobitt.