Displaying 1 of 1 1998 Format: Book Author: Luchinsky, Ellen. Title: The song index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library / Ellen Luchinsky. Publisher, Date: New York : Garland Publishing, [1998] ©1998 Description: 2 volumes ; 29 cm. Series: Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 1394 Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 1394. Subjects: Enoch Pratt Free Library -- Catalogs -- Indexes. Songs -- Indexes. Notes: A finding aid to the collection of song books in the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md.; dating from the early 20th century, with various librarians taking responsibility for the indexing. 021670 v.1 ; 021669 v.2 LCCN: 97047313 ISBN: 0815329180 System Availability: 2 # System items in: 2 # Local items: 2 # Local items in: 2 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Trade Reviews CHOICE ReviewThe Pratt Library (Baltimore) possesses one of the largest collections of song anthologies in the US, and since the beginning of this century their librarians have diligently indexed these anthologies. The present compilation is an outgrowth of this long-term project. The first volume contains a bibliography of 2,120 collections, as well as the song index proper. The second contains indexes of composers and larger works from which songs were drawn. Regrettably, the indexing is haphazard. Citations that identify both titles and first lines, which characterize Minnie Earl Sears's Song Index (1926; supplement, 1934), Desiree DeCharms and Paul Breed's Songs in Collections(1966), Patricia Pate Havlice's Popular Song Index(CH, Mar'76; supplements, 1978, 1984, 1989), and William D. Goodfellow's SongCite (CH, Mar'96; supplement, 1998), are not to be found. It is frustrating to find 16 entries for "Alma Mater" with no indication of school. Carelessness is also evident in the composer index; for instance, it is disconcerting to note that songs by Frederick and Carl Loewe are mixed. Yet this index has value as a reference source, since it analyzes collections of school songbooks, hymnals, and folksong anthologies, which are underrepresented in most standard song indexes. It can be used most profitably in large urban public libraries with a diverse clientele. D. Ossenkop; SUNY College at Potsdam Summary First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
