Folksongs of Florida

by Alton C. Morris

Book Overview

For this collection, Alton Morris selected 243 folksongs gathered in the late 1930s from more than a hundred singers in 49 of Florida?s 67 counties. Headnotes identify each song?s source and its historical or social context. Among the distinctions of Morris? book are the large proportion of texts attached to transcriptions of the tune to which they were sung and the unusually unbiased nature of his selection procedure. The result is a collection that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813009839
• ISBN13: 9780813009834
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"