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Excerpt from Twice 55 Community Songs, Vol. 2: The Green Book This book appears at a favorable time. There was a great deal of sing ing during the War, and With peace came a temporary reaction from what had been, in the public mind, a purely war -time activity. That reaction subsided and Community Singing has been resumed With fresh interest and vigor. The predecessors of this book:18 Community Songs (1 Com munity Song: and T we 55 Community Songs (191 been the means of stimulating interest in singing and have been widely used throughout the land by community groups, primarily for recreation and the promotion of community good-will and fellowship. Among other beneficial results of this practice is the marked growth of music appreciation apparent in every place where community singing has taken root, which has created an unmistakable demand for greater scope in material to meet the improved abilities of the singers. No. 2 Twice 55 Community Song-s, Tko Green Book, aims to meet this demand; to serve as a bridge from the now familiar and popular com munity sing to the choral society. To an extent never equalled in a col lection intended for wide popular use, it includes material that 15 worthy of the best choral societies: arias and choruses from famous operas, four-part songs by favorite composers, together With selections from the best-known of the great oratorios. But While extending the scope in the direction of more important cho ral work, the less ambitious functions of community singing have not been overlooked. The book contains simple folk-songs of many nations; an abun dance of songs of American origin, including spirituals, Indian songs, and songs of patriotism and home; many songs of occasion, Thanksgiving, Eas ter, and especially of Christmas; songs that express the greetings of good fellowship, the lilt of humor and the tenderness of sentiment. 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.