Presented here is a rare collection of some of the best Gypsy folk songs popular among the Romanies of Russia and Eastern Europe. All offered in the original Romany tribal dialect, as appropriate to each song, with easy-to-follow pronunciation guide specially formulated for the native English speaker and literal (word-for-word) English translation. the appended short historical and linguistic overview offers a rare insight into the history, traditions, language as well as the music and songs of this unique and mysterious people. Great addition to any pianist's collection!

Excerpt from Sixty Russian Folk-Songs for One Voice, Vol. 1 of 3: Compiled From the Best Existing Sources With Piano Accompaniment, Introductory Essay and Notes It seems necessary to add a few explana tions to the above summary classification, since the knowledge of the historic growth of Russian folk-song and the conditions sur rounding it is limited outside of Russia, and the only adequate source of information in the English language, W. R. S. Ralston's Songs of the Russian People (london, is out of print. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.