American Folk Songs for Christmas

by Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953), distinguished musician, noted music educator and authority on folk music has assembled a collection of songs from the old-time Christmas, before Santa Claus came to America and neatly trimmed fir trees bloomed with tinsel. These are the folk songs, the ballads that sprang from a need to express the Christmas spirit, and they are a part of our heritage. The songs are as varied as the singers who have given them utterance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935243233
• ISBN13: 9781935243236
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Loomis House Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"