Reader's Digest FESTIVAL of POPULAR SONGS 1920s-1970s Sheet Music in HC Book - $19 - (Meadville, PA)

Reader's Digest Festival of Popular Songs, with music for piano, organ, flute, violin, oboe, recorder, guitar, bass, and harmonica, edited by William Simon and arranged by Dan Fox, is a 288 page, 12 1/4 X 9 3/4 inch hardcover book with an internal spiral binding. The publisher is The Reader's Digest Association, New York, and the copyright date is 1977. A stated second printing, March 1979. Synopsis - The book features 105 songs organized into 12 sections: Songs from Favorite Films; Sunny, Funny, 1920s; Tunes of the 1930s; Tunes of the 1940s; Gaslight Years and World War I; Popular Hits of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s; Broadway Musical Show Tunes; Folk Favorites; Country Classics; Ragtime, Boogie, Blues & Jazz; Strictly Instrumental; Songs for Children. Each section starts with background information about the songs included and each song has about a paragraph of introductory text. The book has some nice design features: it stays flat when open and most songs are on one page or on facing pages to avoid excessive page turning.Book is in very nice condition; pages and spine are nice and tight ~ gutters are good. Inside pages are clean and bright and free from any previous owners markings.

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