John M. Langstaff
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John Meredith Langstaff (December 24, 1920 – December 13, 2005), a concert baritone, and early music revivalist was the founder of the tradition of the Christmas Revels, as well as a respected musician and educator. He attended the Curtis Institute of Music as well as Juilliard.
Books
Oh, a-hunting we will go
Old and new verses for a popular folk song about hunting and capturing an animal--and then letting him go.
Saint George and the dragon
The two magicians
A pretty young witch transforms herself into many different animals to escape the love-struck magician. Piano accompaniment and guitar chords are included.
On Christmas Day in the Morning
Illustrated verses for this traditional English folk song present different animals tending to their crops and harvesting them for a Christmas feast.
Over in the Meadow
An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.
Skin and Bones, and other Folk Songs for Group Singing. With Piano Settings and Guitar Chords. Illustrated by Robin Jacques
Sweetly sings the donkey : animal rounds for children to sing or play on recorders
What a Morning!
Five illustrated spirituals dealing with the birth of Christ on the first Christmas morning. Includes printed music for voice and piano
Ol' Dan Tucker
An illustrated version of the American folk song relating the antics of a lively banjo player.
The golden vanity
A ballad recounting the cabin boy's bravery in saving his captain's ship from the Turkish enemy.
Sweetly Sings the Donkey
A collection of animal rounds for children to sing and play.
Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?
By providing the soldier with a fine suit of clothes, a young maid tries to entice him to marry her.
Frog went a-courtin'
Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.
Shimmy shimmy coke-ca-pop!
Photographs and text introduce a variety of games with or without music.