Re: "Rise Up Singing" Songbook & Web Resources

[Roslyn Schwartz <rs4...>]

I agree wholeheartedly, the songbook "Rise Up Singing" is an exceptional
book, with words & chords to approximately 1200 songs, in an easily
accessible ring-bound format.  Be prepared - after you buy it - to spend
quite some time breaking out in song in the "I haven't heard that one
for years!" mode. 

It does include a selection of Hebrew songs, very useful to have but
some of the transliterations & translations are not quite accurate
(doesn't really matter unless you actually know some Hebrew, & then you
can always make the corrections - usually relatively minor ones).  

It is published by "Sing Out", who also publish a magazine & a variety
of other excellent music resources.  (I have particularly enjoyed Pete
Seeger's anthology / music collection "Where Have All the Flowers
Gone".)  Check them out on the net at: Sing Out Home Page: 
http://www.libertynet.org/~singout/    or you can go direct to their
on-line ordering site at: 
http://www.libertynet.org/~singout/sopubs.html   .

BTW, another excellent resource for old & modern, North American &
international folk music, (which Adrian has included in his "links"
page, on the Hanashir site) is the Digital Traditions Folksong Database,
currently with about 6500 songs in a searchable format, including about
half with tunes available in Midi format.  (And they apparently have all
the appropriate copyright permissions, for those with concerns about
this ... they actually were off the air for a few months, after their
initial posting, to sort out the copyright problems). They update with
300 - 500 new songs every few months.  Look it up at: 
http://www.deltablues.com/  or: 
http://www.deltablues.com/folksearch.html  .
 
Lastly, if you are looking for songs that you can't find elsewhere, I
recommend the threaded discussion group at "The Mudcat Discussion Forum"
- affiliated with the Digital Traditions Database - where people post
requests & responses at an amazing rate ... I got the words to "Yellow
Bird" "(up high in banana tree)" within two hours ... although it did
take two weeks to get the lyrics to "She's My Katy, Little Lady" ...
both songs I had been humming with incomplete lyrics for *years*!  You
can get to the discussion via the Digital Traditions Database home page,
then click on "Talk";  or go direct to
http://www.onstagemedia.com/mudcat/threads.cfm?Title=&Age=30 

[I do not use these resources to avoid buying publications - my
bookshelf will attest to that! - but to find songs & music that I have
been unable to locate anywhere else].   

Enjoy!

- Ros Schwartz


> 
>      For the rest - Do y'all know about the book, "Rise Up Singing"  - a
>      GREAT resource of american songs (some international, even some
>      hebrew), complete with chords, words, origins/author, even some
>      history - the same organizations also publishes tapes and CD's. I have
>      seen the book in Barnes and Nobles, but we've gotten our copies
>      directly fromthe organization via mail order. Every songleader should
>      have it -  I'll check there for this song's origins, and send post
>      info on the list on how to get the book for those interested. (Micah -
>      if you read this and have the chance to check in your copy first,
>      please do you. It's a must have sort of book for songleaders who do
>      any non-jewish music.    - Rick
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> Subject: Re: HANASHIR digest 53
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> Date:    6/27/97 6:33 PM
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> 
> >Do you know the author of and do you have the chords to "No One Walks Alone?"
> > I'd like to teach it at camp this summer.
> 
> 
> Sorry Neil (and anyone interested)...don't know the author...it was part of
> Camp Hess Kramer's song book and culture when i got there and not
> attributed to anyone...I did write the Miriam verse and change the lyrics
> from "no man walks alone" to "no-one walks alone" but I'm sure I'm not the
> first person to have done that.
> 
> I think Merri Arien taught it at one of her workshops this year...maybe she
> knows who wrote it?
> 
> Rick
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