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Thread #38077   Message #988591
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
23-Jul-03 - 02:59 AM
Thread Name: What's so special about F. J. Child?
Subject: RE: What's so special about F. J. Child?
Guest Q -

Both works are still advertised in the "Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bücher" [the German Books in Print].

Erk, Ludwig / Böhme, Franz M
Deutscher Liederhort
ISBN :         3-487-04443-9
Seiten/Umfang : LXXII, 2376 Seiten [3 vols.]
Erschienen :         1988
Preisinfo : 258,00 Eur[D] / 265,30 Eur[A] (unverb. Preisempfehlung)

Erk, Ludwig / Irmer, Wilhelm
Die deutschen Volkslieder mit ihren Singweisen
ISBN 3-487-07240-8
99,80 Eur[D] / 102,60 Eur[A] (unverb. Preisempfehlung)

You don't find them in amazon.com. In the German branch amazon.de you can order used editions, if available.

Naturally it is also a question of price, but I strongly recommend the "Liederhort" with its 3 vols., it covers the whole range of German folk songs.

If you are not so much interested in scientific research but only want a smaller collection of fine old folk songs, I strongly recommend an old companion of my hiking days:
Der Zupfgeigenhansl : Das Liederbuch der Wandervögel. - Herausgegeben von Hans Breuer. - Mainz : Schott, 1988. - 255 S., Abb.
ISBN 3-7957-8219-8
14,00 sFr / 7,61 Eur[D] / 7,90 Eur[A] (unverb. Preisempfehlung)

Wilfried