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Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30945 Saddle-stitched. Folk. Book. 24 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30945. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30945). ISBN 9781513472744. 8.75X11.75 inches.This collection of 19th and early 20th century airs and ballads is a celebration of American music that is ideal for guitar recitals and encores. Written in standard notation only, the pieces are arranged and fingered for ease of sight-reading and specifically designed to exploit the musicality of the classical guitar.The book features arrangements of the antebellum song, ?Darling Nelly Gray÷ by Benjamin Hanby, popular Civil War-era songs by Stephen Foster and other period songwriters, plus parlor music favorites like Edward MacDowell?s ?To a Wild Rose÷, Ethelbert Nevin?s ?Mighty Lak? a Rose÷, and ?Aura Lee÷, a melody by George R. Poulton that would resurface nearly a hundred years later as ?Love Me Tender÷.ß.