Karen, The book is: Post, J. (2004) Music in Rural New England Family and Community Life, 1870-1940 ISBN 1-58465-415-5 The book attempt to resolve problems with many other similar anthologies while looking at the same collections and informants. It does not overlook songs found in songsters, newspapers, learned from the radio and ballad sheets. The CD that comes with it are actual field recordings that give us a snapshot of what rural life and entertainment was like in New England at the turn of the last century. Brían
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