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Burleigh, H. T. (composer), Four Negro Folksongs. New York: Ricordi, 1921.
Not spirituals. Burleigh, H. T., Negro Spirituals. New York, 1917-
Many o£ the most beautiful spirituals arranged for solo voice with rather elaborate accompaniments; also arrangements for choral use. Burlin, Mrs. N. C. (Natalie Curtis), Hampon Series of Negro Folk-Songs. 4 vols., 8vo. New York: G. Schirmer, 1918-1919. Very careful recording of Negro harmonizations. Burlin, N. C. (Natalie Curtis), The Indian's Book. New York: Harper
& Brothers, 1907. Campbell, O., and Sharp, C. J., English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. See also Sharp, C. J. Colcord, Joanna, Roll and Go. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1924.
Chanteys. Out of print, but best American collection. Cox, J. H., Folk-Songs of the South. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1925.
Important collection of the West Virginia Folklore Society. Cronyn, G. W., The Path on the Rainbow. New York:Boni & Liveright, 1918. Anthology of songs and chants from the Indians of North America; words only. Dann, H., and Loomis, H. W., Fiftyreight Spirituals for Choral Use. Boston:
C. C. Birchard Co., 1924. Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Songs. Salt Lake City, Utah: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1932.
By no means all of these are genuine folksongs. The arrangements are by A. M. Durham. Davis, A. K., Jr., Traditional Ballads of Virginia. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1929.
Important collection of the Virginia Folklore Society. Densmore, Frances, The American Indians and Their Music. New York: Woman's Press of the Y.W.C.A., 1926.
Popular presentation by a recognized authority on the Indian. Densmore, Frances, Indian Action Songs. Boston: C. C. Birchard, 1921. Densmore, Frances. An important series of bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology, including: No. 80, Mandan and Hidatsa Music (1923) ; No. 90, Pafago Music (1929); No. 93, Pawnee Music (1929); No. 102,
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