Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides a large repertory for the parlor, community hall, or stage for folk ensembles. It contains 144 trio arrangements of traditional and contemporary dance tunes and airs, 6 hymns, and 6 transcriptions of baroque and classical pieces, with melodies, descants, harmonies and chords. The collection includes 8 American Tin Pan Alley standards composed from 1907 to 1919 by Nora Bayes-Northworth, Irving Berlin, Shelton Brooks, Gus Edwards, George W. Meyer, Chris Smith, and Percy Wenrich. It also includes tunes by contemporary composers Davey Arthur, Mer Pantaleoni Boel, Paul Gitlitz, John Goodin, James Hill, Magnus Laesk, Bob McQuillen, and Jim Rebhan. Most scores are printed on one page. The back of the book has 28 pages of notes about the tunes and references to their sources.
