Sailor Song: The Shanties and Ballads of the High Seas

by Gerry Smyth

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Passed down in the oral tradition and sung as working songs, sea shanties tell the compelling human stories of life on the water: hard labor, battling the elements, pining for distant loves and far-away homes. The music's rhythms are designed to galvanize the group effort of heaving, pushing, and pulling to weigh anchor, wind rope around a capstan, or set sail.

Acclaimed shanty devotee Gerry Smyth presents the background to each shanty alongside...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0295747285

ISBN13:9780295747286

Release Date:June 2020

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:160 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Music

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