A Treasury Of Stephen Foster

New York: Random House Publishers, 1946. Foreword by Deems Taylor. Historical notes by John Tasker Howard. Arrangements by Ray Lev and Dorothy Berliner Cimmins. Illustrated by William Sharp. Here are fifty of Foster's best songs for singing and playing, tried and true favorites, melodies lovingly remembered by every American which belong forever to our national folklore.... 'My Old Kentucky Home'.... 'Oh! Susanna'....'Old Black Joe'.... 'Old Folks At Home', etc., arranged for piano. A frontispiece in four colors and forty-nine full page drawings in two colors by the talented William Sharp capture the mood of each song. Sharp has illustrated the stories for Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Mann and others. His illustrated work for 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys, the works of E.A. Poe and a volume of Charles Dickens have brought him fame. His illustrations in this volume are most remarkable! Deems Taylor... composer, writer and commentator is one of the distinguished figures in American Music. John Tasker Howard is the foremost authority on Stephen Foster. Illustrated jacket shows wear to extremities. Book remains sound and respectable.. First Printing Stated. BOMC Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Stephen Foster + American Music + Deems Taylor Composer + William Sharp Illustrator + Black Americana + Black Folksongs + Piano Arrangements + Ray Lev + Dorothy Berliner Commins + Art + Illustrated + NOISBN. Catalogs: Music.