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Tolman, Newton F.,

Quick tunes and good times : a light-hearted guide to jigs, reels, rants, planxtys, and other little-known New England folk music - 109 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm

Author's note -- Before folks talked about "folk music" -- Family orchestra -- Darling Nellie Gray -- Square and folksy -- We made the big time. Once -- What is good square dance music -- Miss Ramsay's book -- Beethoven discovers square dance music -- Sweet potatoes, brakedrums, eardrums and canticles -- Collecting, composing and decomposing -- A few selected titles -- Music scores. Humours of Glen -- Rakes of Clonmel -- Brisk young lads -- Batchelder's -- Spirvin's fancy -- Durang's -- Hornpipe theme no. 3 / The hare's foot -- Mrs. Grant of Laggan -- Denis O'Conor. by Newton F. Tolman -- Music scores.

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ISBN: 0872330141 9780872330146

LCCN: 72078117

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Folk music--History and criticism.--New England
Square dance music.
Folk music--New England.
Folk music.
Square dancing.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New England.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML3551 / .T64

Dewey Class. No.: 785.4/1