Lamar Stringfield (8 results)

sheet_music. Condition: Very Good. Nice book with light wear.

Softcover, sheet music, 7 pages + two parts laid in. Condition: very good.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. B&W illlustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Rare sheet music for the song, Blue Mountain Girl, as performed in Hayes' "Thunderland Music" at Forest Amphitheatre. Bright clean copy with just mild handling at edges. B/W illustration. VG+ First edition. Folded sheet; 4 pages including covers.

Sheet Music; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Rare sheet music for the song, Daniel Boone, as performed in Hayes' "Thunderland Music" at Forest Amphitheatre. Bright clean copy with just mild handling at edges. VG+ First edition. Folded sheet; 4 pages including covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Clean copy in very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: new. Expédition le jour même. Libraire depuis 27 ans. Envoi soigné avec suivi.

Wraps. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 48 pp. Folio, full score. Soiling and chipping to wraps. Some pages detached from sewing. A few tape repairs. An uncommon item, wordcat locates 28 copies. J. F. & B. plate number 0349. Stringfield was a ''composer of symphonic works based on American folklore, and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship winner, conductor, flutist, teacher, and promoter of local and regional musical groups, chiefly in North Carolina.''--Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina. A Negro Parade was written during the summer of 1931 and was first performed on February 7, 1935, by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Kindler. The scene for the parade is described in the front matter, reading, in part, ''With an admission of racial subservience they retrace their steps, singing a converted hymn, 'Let Jesus Lead You, and White Folks Feed You,' and whistling characteristic labor tunes.'' Also performed by Stokowski with the NBC Orchestra. Ads on back for works by Deems Taylor, William Grant Still, H. Waldo Warner.

Original wraps. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 56p quarto, Last page has a closed tear otherwise a very good copy in black and white printed wraps. Lunsford 1882-1973 was called the "Minstrel of the Appalachians" He began to travel and collect material at the start of the 20th Century, often meeting singers on isolated farms. He has been quoted as saying he spent "nights in more homes from Harpers Ferry to Iron Mountain than anybody but God" Laid in is a program from the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival for 1962 (with Lunsford as its Director) sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Asheville, NC. It was founded in 1928. Lunsford was asked to invite local dancers and singers and directed and performed there every year until his stroke in 1965.