Customer Reviews

The Civil War Songbook (Dover Song Collections)

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Be alert that these are authentic scores of the time, and so they are not arranged for the modern keyboard. You'll find one or more vocal staffs, and piano accompanyment, but little piano melody. The descriptions of sheet music should all indicate the scoring.

This is great great book for pianists because it has the original score for the songs. The songs range for well known classics to not as well known pieces, and even a few parodies. It also has the lyrics to the music, for those of you who are multitalented. I did find that the original music was kind of hard to read, but my grandfather for it very interesting. Overall I believe that this is a good book for any civil war fanatic, even if they don't play the piano.

This book has lovely music -- some I knew, some I didn't, but my mother plays the piano (although she often has trouble reading the faint accidentals) and I sing, then we sing the soprano and alto parts. I'm 14 years old, and this really helps me conndect with the part of history that I love so much. It allows me to understand a bit of what these people were going through.

This collection of "War Between the States" music has been the standard one in the re-enacting circuit for many years now. The sheet music is published just as it was originally and it contains some of the best known classic songs. It is good for someone singing along to the piano. If one is just going to play the piano then the pianist has to bring out the melody in the accompaniment, but that is nothing new to any pianist. It is a good volume.

This book has lovely music -- some I knew, some I didn't, but my mother plays the piano (although she often has trouble reading the faint accidentals) and I sing, then we sing the soprano and alto parts. I'm 14 years old, and this really helps me conndect with the part of history that I love so much. It allows me to understand a bit of what these people were going through.