Songs of the Wild West

by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Items from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center illustrate forty-five songs

Genres: Music

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, (colloquially, the “Met”) is the largest art museum in the United States.

It was founded on April 13, 1870, "to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction."

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Co-author Alan Axelrod. Illustrated with western art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Almost 100 songs; music, chords, lyrics. Great stuff!