College Fight Songs II: A Supplementary Anthology - Hardcover

Studwell, William E; Schueneman, Bruce R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078900920X ISBN 13: 9780789009203

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Come join the band!

College Fight Songs II is a supplement to the original College Fight Songs, providing 97 additional song texts and interesting historical information. Together they are a unique anthology of college fight songs from across the country.

College Fight Songs II: A Supplementary Anthology is a second-round knockout that finishes the job started by the first edition. This rollicking continuation of the original collection will give you even more to shout about, again bringing together complete lyrics, historical annotations, and musical scores of the songs of over 50 more colleges and universities!

Full of spirited music and lyrics that will put a spring in the step of incoming freshmen and music historians alike, College Fight Songs II is for you! You'll uncover plenty of behind-the-scenes info about the songs and the people who inspired them, and of course you'll find:

• complete musical scores
• full lyrics
• basic historical background concerning the songs and their institutions
• information regarding the songwriters and college nicknames

So let’s “Hail West Virginia,” stay “Ever True to Brown,” “Fight for LSU,” and shout out “The Buckeye Battle Cry!” College Fight Songs II will keep you in the game!

About this title

About the Author:

Schueneman is Head of Collection Services, Texas A&M University.

Studwell, professor, Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb.

Review:

SPLENDID . . . EASY TO USE. . . . IMPORTANT. -- David Peter Coppen, BMUS, MS, CAS, Special Collections Librarian and Archivist, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 078900920X
• ISBN 13: 9780789009203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 462