Jerry Silverman
Jerry Silverman (born 1931) is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books. He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle. He has taught guitar to hundreds of students. He has presented concerts and lectures at schools, universities and concert halls in the U.S. and abroad.Among his notable books are the two volumes of ''The Folksinger's Guitar Guide'' for Oak Publications in 1962 and '64; ''The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust’’ (Syracuse University Press, 2002), which contains 110 songs in 16 languages - Yiddish, German, Hebrew,Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Ladino, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and English''. The songs include the works of concentration camp prisoners and inhabitants of the ghettos of Eastern Europe as well anti-Fascist anthems inspired by the Spanish Civil War, Red Army songs, and songs of Resistance fighters; ''New York Sings – 400 Years of the Empire State in Song'' (reviewed by his friend and colleague Pete Seeger). Seeger and Silverman were both editors at ''Sing Out! A Folk Music Magazine'' in the 1960s.; ''The Baseball Songbook – Songs and Images from the Early Years of America’s Favorite Pastime''; ''The Folk Song Encyclopedia'' (a two volume compilation of over 1,000 folk songs; words, music and guitar chords); ''The Complete Book of Bach Chorales'' (translated into English); ''Ballads and Songs of the Civil War'' (piano-vocal with guitar chords); ''The Guitar Player's Guide and Almanac'' (a combined method book and survey of musical, technical and anecdotal information); ''Of Thee I Sing'' (patriotic American songs from the Revolutionary War to the present). Provided by Wikipedia
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The folksinger's guitar guide, vol. 2. by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Songs that made history around the world / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Blues classics songbook / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Beginning the five-string banjo. by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Jerry Silverman's folk song encyclopedia / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Beginning folk guitar / by Jerry Silverman ; [original drawings and diagrams by Jim Infantino ; music and tablature copy by Igor Puchalski ; documentary illustrations selected and... by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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The dirty song book / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Just listen to this song I'm singing : African-American history through song / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Beginning the folk guitar : an instruction record. by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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The art of the folk-blues guitar / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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The flat-picker's guitar guide : an advanced instruction record / by Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
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Slave songs /
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The Campfire songbook : 60 favorite sing-alongs with chordal accompaniment /
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Songs of the western frontier /
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Mel Bay's immigrant songbook /
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Mel Bay presents ballads & songs of the Civil War /
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Hootenanny song book; by Silber, Irwin, 1925-2010
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Songs of the Civil War. by Silber, Irwin, 1925-2010
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The Yiddish song book /
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Mel Bay presents A guitarist's treasury of song /
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