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Carmina Yalensia: A Complete And Accurate Collection Of Yale College Songs: With Piano Accompaniment

Carmina Yalensia: A Complete And Accurate Collection Of Yale College Songs: With Piano Accompaniment

V. D. Garretson, Ferdinand

Paperback

General ReferenceRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)Music Theory

ISBN10: 9354500331
ISBN13: 9789354500336
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Voices rise, and a campus answers. Songs that made Yale roar. Carmina Yalensia: A Complete And Accurate Collection Of Yale College Songs brings together the spirited core of Yale University songs in a single college songbook anthology, presented as a vocal score with piano. Part sheet music collection, part social history, it captures the sound of American college songs as they were sung in halls, on steps, and at gatherings where tradition mattered. For singers, alumni, and listeners who love melody with memory, its lines move from convivial choruses to ringing, resolute numbers associated with Ivy League fight songs and formal occasions alike. For musicians, the piano accompaniment offers practical piano accompanist material, ideal for studio reading, group singalongs, and building glee club repertoire. Collectors of Americana and Ivy League ephemera will value the clearly notated arrangements; casual readers can browse, hum, and feel the humour, pride, and camaraderie carried in each refrain in quiet moments. Compiled in the world of nineteenth century Yale, in New Haven, Connecticut music circles, Ferdinand V. D. Garretson preserves a snapshot of campus singing traditions at the moment they were becoming a recognisable part of American collegiate identity. As the carmina yalensia songbook shows, these tunes are not just entertainment; they are badges of belonging, passed from class to class. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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