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1800s German Songbook. A true relic. 493 songs. Collectors Choice - $20 (Ballwin / Wildwood)
condition:
fair
make / manufacturer:
E. Steiger - publisher
size / dimensions:
details inside posting
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To get the most out of the collection one should be able to read the German type style called Fraktur. I can help with a resource for a buyer to learn that fairly quickly. That’s how I initially learned German in the 1960s.
As the images indicate, this wonderful book has ‘seen better days’ physically speaking. One would not buy this to page madly through it looking for a given song. Instead, it is a deep resource for musicians, historians, cultural anthropologists, folk culture researchers, and others who like to glean all sorts of tidbits and insights into 19th century German and Central European culture and can do that gently. Handle it carefully and with love and you are sure to find great treasure inside it.
493 songs, listed alphabetically, and including even an English version of the Star Spangled Banner from a time when All Things American fascinated Europeans, especially the Germans who immigrated to the U.S. in two droves in the second half of the 1800s.
The book measures 5” tall, 3” wide, and is 1” thick. There are no musical notes, just lyrics.
The TRANSLATION in the approximate same layout as in the photo of the title page :
Rejoice in life
Pocket [sized] Songbook
for the German people
A curated collection
of the most popular and well known
Folk-, Student-, Soldier-,Hunter-, Hiker-, Love-, Drinking- and Social Songs
New York
Published by E. Steiger **
17 North William St.
** Wikipedia has an interesing article on Ernst Steiger
PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE by clicking on the link “more ads by this seller” in a blue font type under the map image on this page and to the right of the photos in the ad.
The seller lives near the intersection of Clayton and Clarkson Roads in western St. Louis County and is very flexible on when and where we can meet.
Cash only, COD, please.
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