SONGS OF THE COWBOY : Variants, Commentary, Notes & Lexicon Vy Austin E, and Alta S. Fife

Thorp, N. Howard ("Jack"; (Austin E. & Alta S. Fife, Editors); (Naunie Gardner, Music Editor)

Published by Clarkson N. Potter, New York, NY, 1966

About this Item

Text/BRAND NEW w/staining to upper text edge corner. Beige boards/NF w/light scrapes to backstrap. DJ/None. Compilation of 23 cowboy songs collected by N. Howard "Jack" Thorp (1867 - 1940) and first published In 1908 (and a latter expanded 1921 edition), without musical notation, titled Songs of the Cowboys; the book included "Little Joe, the Wrangler," written by Thorp himself. Cattleman Thorp spent some 50 years riding the range; his original publication represents the first systematic effort to track down western cowboy songs and poems.and western songs. With studied efforts, the music notations are drawn from pre-1930 sources.

Seller Inventory # 011330

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SONGS OF THE COWBOY : Variants, Commentary, Notes & Lexicon Vy Austin E, and Alta S. Fife
• Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Thus
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthology
  • Music, Sheet Music, Music Criticism