Rise Up Singing
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| Rise Up Singing: The Group-Singing Songbook | |
| Author | Peter Blood & Annie Patterson (eds) |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | folk and popular music |
| Genre(s) | fake book |
| Publisher | Sing Out! Corporation |
| Publication date | 1988 |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0962670472 |
Rise Up Singing is a popular folk music fake book containing chords, lyrics, and sources to 1200 songs. It does not include notation of the songs' melodies (with the exception of the two sections on rounds) and assumes that a user will know the tune to many of the songs. It was first published in 1988 by Sing Out!. It is edited by Peter Blood and Annie Patterson. The book has 35 different categories of songs arranged in alphabetical order, plus an artist index, subject index, and title index.
Since the book includes only lyrics and chords without notation, it is relatively compact in size and also relatively inexpensive. Recordings of the songs (now available on CD) have been made for each section of the book to be used as a learning tool.
The book is very popular having sold over a million copies.[1] In the United States there are monthly singalongs where groups gather to sing selections from Rise Up Singing.[2][3][4]
The title is a line from the Gershwin song "Summertime".
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Rise Up Singing page at the official web site for Sing Out!
- Rise Up Singing page at the official web site for Peter Blood and Annie Patterson
[edit] References
- ^ The book has sold over a million copies according to the Biography of Peter Blood and Annie Patterson on their web site. According to Amazon.com the book has sold tens of thousands of copies.
- ^ Singalongs & Round-robins listed at Peter Blood and Annie Patterson's web site
- ^ Singing events in East Lansing, Michigan
- ^ Ratliff, Ben. Shared Song, Communal Memory (New York Times web article). Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
