Author: James Henry DixonPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England
Author: James Henry DixonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Robin Hood
Author: Joseph RitsonPublisher:
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Category : Robin Hood (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Author: Francis James ChildPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Victorian Songhunters
Author: E. David GregoryPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461674174
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Victorian Songhunters is a pioneering history of the rediscovery of vernacular song—street songs that have entered oral tradition and have been passed from generation to generation—in England during the late Georgian and Victorian eras. In the nineteenth century there were four main types of vernacular song: ballads, folk lyrics, occupational songs, and national songs. The discovery, collecting, editing, and publishing of all four varieties are examined in the book, and over seventy-five selected examples are given for illustrative purposes. Key concepts, such as traditional balladry, broadside balladry, folksong, and national song, are analyzed, as well as the complicated relationship between print and oral tradition and the different methodological approaches to ballad and song editing. Organized chronologically, Victorian Songhunters sketches the history of English song collecting from its beginnings in the mid-seventeenth century; focuses on the work of important individual collectors and editors, such as William Chappell, Francis J. Child, and John Broadwood; examines the growth of regional collecting in various counties throughout England; and demonstrates the considerable efforts of two important Victorian institutions, the Percy Society and its successor, the Ballad Society. The appendixes contain discussions on interpreting songs, an assessment of relevant secondary sources, and a bibliography and alphabetical song list. Author E. David Gregory provides a solid foundation for the scholarly study of balladry and folksong, and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Victorian intellectual and cultural life.
Popular Ballads of the Olden Time
Author: Frank SidgwickPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Author: Toru DuttPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385473942
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Author: Francis James ChildPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108076386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Published 1882-98, this ten-part work by Harvard's first professor of English became an essential resource for scholars and folklorists.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date
Author: Thomas PercyPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Cambridge History of English Literature
Author: Sir Adolphus William WardPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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The Cambridge History of English Literature
Author: Alfred Rayney WallerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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