American Folk Songs for Christmas
(Folkways Records, 1957), 27 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
A collection of Christmas Folksongs by Ruth Crawford Seeger selected and performed by her daughters; Peggy, Barbara and Penny and with children from the South Boston Music School. This compilation of less-commonly known Christmas songs represents a variety of Folksongs that find their origin in European and British Isles Ballads, as well as several African-American spirituals, hollers and chants from the slave era that express a deeply spiritual celebration of Christmas. Liner notes include history of each song by Charles and Peggy Seeger.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 27 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Holiday, Children's
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Release Date
- 1957
- Subject
- World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá