My Song Is My Own
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A collection of powerful and evocative songs spanning five centuries,
My Song is My Own takes the reader on a musical journey of courtship, desire and sexual relationships, marriage, motherhood and childhood, and work - paid and unpaid.
The book reveals some of the hidden culture and history of women, highlighting how this is revealed to us through the power of their songs, shining important light on a particular moment in the women's movement of the twentieth century, supplemented with sheet music.
Product details
My Song is My Own takes the reader on a musical journey of courtship, desire and sexual relationships, marriage, motherhood and childhood, and work - paid and unpaid.
The book reveals some of the hidden culture and history of women, highlighting how this is revealed to us through the power of their songs, shining important light on a particular moment in the women's movement of the twentieth century, supplemented with sheet music.
Product details
- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Pluto Press (1 Jan. 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0861040325
- ISBN-13: 978-0861040322
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.1 x 21.6 cm
Author details
Kathy Henderson is an award-winning author and illustrator, whose books have received international acclaim. Her books include The Little Boat, which was shortlisted for the Smarties prize and won the Kurt Maschler Award, and Look At You, and Lugulbanda: The Boy who Got Caught Up in a War, which won the Aesop prize of the American Folklore Society.
Frankie Armstrong has sung traditional and contemporary songs which illuminate women's lives within the folk scene and the women's movement since the 1960's. She has been made honorary President of the Natural Voice Network for her pioneering work in making singing available and inclusive to all.
Sandra Kerr is co-writer of the music for the TV series, Bagpuss, and was for many years a core lecturer on the degree course in Folk and Traditional Music at Newcastle University. She has also directed her women's choir, Werca's Folk, and the Sidmouth Festival Choir for nearly 25 years.
Kathy Henderson is an award-winning author and illustrator, whose books have received international acclaim. Her books include The Little Boat, which was shortlisted for the Smarties prize and won the Kurt Maschler Award, and Look At You, and Lugulbanda: The Boy who Got Caught Up in a War, which won the Aesop prize of the American Folklore Society.
Frankie Armstrong has sung traditional and contemporary songs which illuminate women's lives within the folk scene and the women's movement since the 1960's. She has been made honorary President of the Natural Voice Network for her pioneering work in making singing available and inclusive to all.
Sandra Kerr is co-writer of the music for the TV series, Bagpuss, and was for many years a core lecturer on the degree course in Folk and Traditional Music at Newcastle University. She has also directed her women's choir, Werca's Folk, and the Sidmouth Festival Choir for nearly 25 years.
