Jewish Folk Songs From The Baltics - Selections From The Melngailis Collection / Ed. Kevin C. Karnes
(Recent Researches in the Oral Traditions of Music‚ Vol. 11)
Middleton, WI: A-R Editions ©2014
This volume contains songs collected by Emilis Melngailis (1874-1954), mostly during the 1920s and '30s. There are 64 songs, in three parts: 1. Songs from Keidan, 1899 -- 2. Songs from Latvia and Lithuania, 1924-1931 -- 3. Songs of Uncertain or Unknown Provenance. The songs are presented as melodies with lyrics, accompanied by discussion of the song and English translations. With a preface, references, and indices. 24 figures.
1 score (xxxvi, 118 p.); 30 cm.
Language: English
Edition Number: OT 11
ISBN: 0895797941
ISBN13: 9780895797940
Distributor Number: OT11