Folksongs in Recital - 14 Concert Arrangements - 14 Concert Arrangements

These distinctive arrangements for the recital stage are expansive art song treatments of folksongs, generally intended for college singers and beyond. Includes a preface from the arranger, with commentary on each song. Besides 10 individual songs, includes a 4-song set, Johnny Songs, about a young woman awaiting the return of her soldier lover. Contents: Beware, Oh, Take Care * Bill Groggin's Goat * HOw Can I Keep from Singing * I Gave my Love a Cherry * Nine Hundred Miles * Once I Had a Sweetheart * Shenandoah * Single Girl * The Streets of Laredo. Johnny Songs: I Know Where I'm Goin' * The Cruel War Is Raging * Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier * When Johnny Comes Marching Home.