Rise Up Singing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962670472 ISBN 13: 9780962670473

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 1992

Synopsis

This comprehensive collection has sold tens of thousands of copies around the world. It contains words and guitar chords to nearly 1200 songs, arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format for locating songs and working with groups. You won't find an array of songs like this anywhere else: 'Folk Revival' favorites popularized by Baez, Seeger, Collins, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Mitchell, Taylor, Donovan, and many others. * The best-known material of contemporary folk songwriters including Near, Staines, Williamson, Rogers, Bok and many more. * Broadway show tunes, Beatles songs, Motown hits * Hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards * Songs about peace, freedom, labor and the environment * Ballads, cowboy songs, shanties and blues

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Blood and Annie Patterson have over 25 years of experience in song-leading at conferences and gatherings using Rise Up Singing throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. They both live in Cheney, Pennsylvania.

Review:

"This is the best, most exhilarating and glorious history of the United States: a singing history. It is more than a lovely songbook--it's a play-work-fight-freedom hymnal." --Studs Terkel, author, "Hope Dies Last

About this edition

• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0962670472
• ISBN 13: 9780962670473
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 281
• Editor: Peter Blood, Annie Patterson
• Illustrator: Kore Loy McWhirter