Where to Look for Books
AbeBooks - Book Search Engine.
Brings up links to finds as in standard web searches. AbeBooks represents thousands of used book dealers worldwide and is a good source for folk books.addall.com - Book Search Engine, currently searches 40 plus bookshops.
Brings up a comparison of the price in various shops, including carriage. Also has a good Used Books search.Alibris - Major Book Search Engine.
Alibris has become one of the major book search sites, worldwide. Now listing over 36 million books.BiblioFind - Amazon's Rare and Used Books Search.
Suggested by multiple postings on Mudcat. BiblioFind Amazon's Rare and Used Books finder.BookFinder - Worldwide Book Search Engine.
A nice site, particularly good for used books. It even lists books in the Oxfam bookshops!The Country Bookshop Plainfield, Vermont
Not a link, this one, but JohnInKansas recommends it. Specializes in used folksong and folklore books.
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ASHMAN, GORDON "The Ironbridge Hornpipe" (??, 19??)
THE IRONBRIDGE HORNPIPE A Shropshire tune collection from John Moore's manuscripts edited by Gordon Ashman. Contents: Astley's hornpipe, Auld lang syne, The bateuse, The bath waltz, The Birmingham March, Blue bells of Schotland, The blue stocking, Broom on the crowdeknows, Buy a broom, Calder fairs, Captain white, Castle rag hornpipe, Chetsworth house dance, The Chine orange hornpipe, Colledge hornpipe, Cook's hornpipe, The Copenhagen waltz, The cuckoo solo, Dance (No title, tink a tink), Dance, The Dandy O, The dashing white seargant, Daughter of Israel, Denis Bullyruddery, The devil's dream, Downfall of Paris, Drops a brandy, Drunken parson, Duke of Glocester's new march, Duke of Wellington march, The duke of York's march, Dumble durn deary, Dutch ship, The dusty miller, and many others.MERRYWEATHER, JAMES and SEATTLE, MAX "Lawrence Leadley, the Fiddler of Helperby" (Dragonfly Music, 1994)
Subtitle: The life and music of a Yorkshire fiddler. This is an excerpt of 10 tunes from the book, which the authors / publishers have given their permission to make public here on the 'net. They were typed up by Warren Armstrong, whose brainchild this project is; thanks to him, and to James & Matt, for making it possible. The "Web version" only shows the 10 tunes that are present; but the abc file includes "dummy" entries for all the others as well, containing all the header info, title, key, time signature, etc, but no "dots" - if you want to get those you have to buy them, I'm afraid. Follow this link for the publisher's contact details.RITCHIE, JEAN (ed) "The Newport Folk Festival Songbook" (New York, Alfred Music, 1965)
57 songs by 57 artists, with a foreword by Pete Seeger and photographs by David Gahr. The contents list appears in the Mudcat posthere. Jean Ritchie writes "I was a Newport Folk Festival trustee during most of its run, and in the early sixties, I was asked by Alfred Music Publishing to do this book for them. Other Newport trustees agreed. I asked each performer who'd been a festival participant up to that time, to choose a favorite song that he/she had sung at the Festival. Each of them provided a photograph and a bio, or wrote about his/her life in letters to me (I still have the originals). The book had a short life, as it took the publishers a long time to issue it, had meantime moved their offices to California and the people interested in the Newport Festival had gone. That's life! I'm sure there were very few sold; I have only two of them in my library."ROONEY, JAMES "Bossmen : Bill Monroe and Muddy Waters" (Da Capo Press, 1991) )
I am currently re-reading "Bossmen" by James Rooney. It is about Bill Monroe & Muddy Waters. Most of the book is interviews with Bill & Muddy. It is a very interesting read, they both discuss their influences, how they developed their own particular style of music, the people who came through their bands etc. It's a neat book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a lot. ISBN: 0306804271. Amazon reviews here and another review here..
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27-09-01 Added New Subsection - PEOPLE / Francis O'Neill
08-03-02 Minor additions since last year
15-03-02 Added Internal Subsection Anchors and an Index for each Section
03-05-02 Added new Subsection INSTRUMENTS / Banjo (Tenor)
03-05-02 Added books and links from recent Mudcat thread "English Fiddle Tunes"
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30-05-02 Added new Subsection PEOPLE / Albert E. Brumley
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