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...Humming A Diff'rent Tune: Bob Dylan, "Alberta (Let Your Hair Hang Low)"

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Humming A Diff'rent Tune. Old Songbooks, Music History and More. Saturday, March 28, 2009. Bob Dylan, "Alberta (Let Your Hair Hang Low)". Bob Dylan recorded "Alberta". 1970) in two pleasant versions. I always liked this song but story behind it is somehow more interesting than Dylan's recording itself. Alberta" is often confused with the songs from the "Corrina"-family. That is a different group of songs that can be traced back to the well-known recording of "Corrine, Corrina". Quoted from: Folktunes&#46...

...Humming A Diff'rent Tune: "A Land That's Free..." - Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby"

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Humming A Diff'rent Tune. Old Songbooks, Music History and More. Saturday, May 30, 2015. A Land That's Free." - Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby". One of the most touching and impressive songs in Irving Berlin's oeuvre is "Russian Lullaby", written in 1927 and first performed by Douglas Stanbury at the opening of Samuel Rothafels Roxy Theatre. Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra, Henry Garden, voc, "Russian Lullaby" (1927). Acoustic Disc ACD 2). Where the dreamy Volga flows. There's a lonely Russian Rose.

...Humming A Diff'rent Tune: Old German Songbooks, No. 12: English and French Songs for Schools (1911/12)

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Humming A Diff'rent Tune. Old Songbooks, Music History and More. Thursday, July 3, 2014. Old German Songbooks, No. 12: English and French Songs for Schools (1911/12). What kind of songs did the German children sing in school in the early 20th century? Simon Breu, Deutsches Jugendliederbuch für Gymnasien, Oberrealschulen, Realschulen und andere höhere Lehranstalten, 2. Auflage, Essen and Würzburg 1909. Available at the Internet Archive. A chapter of nearly 20 pages includes a handful of popular songs from...

...Humming A Diff'rent Tune: John Braham's "Robin Adair" (1811) - The Original Sheet Music

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Humming A Diff'rent Tune. Old Songbooks, Music History and More. Monday, February 3, 2014. John Braham's "Robin Adair" (1811) - The Original Sheet Music. But as far as I know none of them has been digitized yet. But thankfully - and much to my surprise - I was able to find another extant copy of this historically important publication:. BNA) and this time was also able to find some more information regarding the early history of Braham's great hit that also allowed me to correct some of my earlier assump...

...Humming A Diff'rent Tune: The Earl of Marischal And His Collection of International "National Airs" (1771)

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Humming A Diff'rent Tune. Old Songbooks, Music History and More. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The Earl of Marischal And His Collection of International "National Airs" (1771). In the first volume of Johann Gottfried Herder's Volkslieder. 1778) we can find an introductory collection of "Zeugnisse über Volkslieder" with quotes from, among others, Montaigne, Joseph Addison, Luther, Agricola and Lessing ( pp. 5-12. This was George Keith, the 10th Earl of Marischal (c. 1693-1778), an exiled Scottish soldier ...