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Miscellaneous A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs by Hugin the Bard $14.95 / Llewellyn Publ. / 1996 "Wandering Minstrel, Maidens and Wizards and Fools," "Knights of the Moon," and "The King Shall Return" are just a few of the song titles in this compilation of more than sixty original and traditional adaptations of Celtic songs. This 7x10" soft-cover book offers 259 pages of beautifully hand-written stories, songs, and music which are charming and easy to read. With each song, sheet musicwhich shows the key signature, chords, and melody line of the first verse and chorus of each songis presented, along with a description of where the song originated, followed by the lyrics. (However, musical inductions, harmony notes, passages between verses and choruses, melody and phrasing for later verses, and song endings are omitted, and artistic interpretation is left to the performer.) Chord charts are also marked off by measure and a simple chart is provided to decode music symbols. The songs are simple yet whimsical and poetic, and the accompanying stories provide a whisper of mystical days gone by, making A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs a useful addition to any period musician's collection. —Mistress Isa

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