Folksongs are reflections of the feelings and predilections of many peoples whose characteristic manner of musical expression they preserve and exemplify. Many of them are tragic in contents and manner, and if a singer whose style is dominantly lyrical should cull from the general literature only such songs as seemed most engaging to him or her the collection would not be truly representative. On the other hand a singer with taste and style tending one-sidedly toward the dramatic would be apt to neglect the songs of a purely lyrical nature.
Marcella Sembrich was the stage name of the Polish coloratura soprano, Prakseda Marcelina Kochańska. American Austrian Bohemian Bosnian, Bulgarian, Canadian, Chinese, English, French, German, Grecian, and other songs for the lovers of music all over the world.