Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp PDF Author: Maud Karpeles
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287042
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Others came before and after him but no person is more strongly associated with the revival of English folk song and dance at the turn of the twentieth-century than Cecil Sharp (1859-1924). He collected about 5000 folk songs and nearly 500 dances. This prodigious achievement is told by someone who perhaps knew him better than anyone else. Maud Karpeles was his assistant for many years and accompanied him on his expeditions to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This remains the definitive biography of the greatest figure in the English folk song and dance movement.

Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp PDF Author: Maud Karpeles
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287042
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Others came before and after him but no person is more strongly associated with the revival of English folk song and dance at the turn of the twentieth-century than Cecil Sharp (1859-1924). He collected about 5000 folk songs and nearly 500 dances. This prodigious achievement is told by someone who perhaps knew him better than anyone else. Maud Karpeles was his assistant for many years and accompanied him on his expeditions to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This remains the definitive biography of the greatest figure in the English folk song and dance movement.

The Country Dance Book

The Country Dance Book PDF Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Country dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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One Hundred English Folksongs

One Hundred English Folksongs PDF Author: Cecil James Sharp
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486231925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Lyrics and piano music for traditional ballads and songs collected from singers throughout Britain are accompanied by notes on their probable origins, related versions, and historical allusions

English Folk-song

English Folk-song PDF Author: Cecil James Sharp
Publisher: London : Simpkin
ISBN:
Category : Ballad, English
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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English Folk-songs

English Folk-songs PDF Author:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Folk Songs from Somerset

Folk Songs from Somerset PDF Author: Cecil James Sharp
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781294801252
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Folk Songs From Somerset: Gathered And Edited With Pianoforte Accompaniment; Folk Songs From Somerset: Gathered And Edited With Pianoforte Accompaniment; Cecil James Sharp Cecil James Sharp, Charles Latimer Marson Simpkin, 1905 Music; Genres & Styles; Folk & Traditional; Ballads, English; Folk songs, English; Music / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional

Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp PDF Author: Arthur Henry Fox Strangways
Publisher: London : Oxford University Press, H. Milford
ISBN:
Category : Musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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English Folk-Chanteys

English Folk-Chanteys PDF Author: Cecil Sharp
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981552429
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Book Size: 8 1/2" x 11." Book Lenght: 92 pages. * * * * From the Introduction. THE sailors' chantey is, I imagine, the last of the labour-songs to survive in this country. In bygone days there must have been an enormous number of songs of this kind associated with every rhythmical form of manual labour; but the machine killed the landsman's work-song too long ago for it now to be recoverable. The substitution, too, of the steam-engine for the sail in deep-sea craft has given the death-blow to the chantey; but in this case there are, happily many old sailors still living who can recall and are ready to sing the songs that they used to chant tramping round the capstan, or when yards were raised and sails hoisted or furled. How old the chantey may be it is impossible to say, but that the custom amongst sailors of singing in rhythm with their work was in vogue as far back at least as the fifteenth century, the vivid description of the voyage in "The Complaynt of Scotland" (c. 1450) places beyond question. Notwithstanding the antiquity of the chantey the word itself is quite modern; indeed, the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary are unable to cite its use in literature earlier than 1869. Moreover, although the authorities are more or less in agreement regarding the derivation of the word (Fr. chante), its spelling is still in dispute. The Oxford Dictionary (1913) gives the preference to "shanty"; Webster's New International Dictionary (1911) to "chantey"; while the Century Dictionary (1889) prints both forms "chantey" and "shanty." Clark Russell and Kipling write it "chantey," and Henley "chanty." As the balance of expert opinion appears to favour "chantey" that spelling is adopted here.....

The Educator-journal

The Educator-journal PDF Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 828

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Folk Song in England

Folk Song in England PDF Author: Steve Roud
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571309739
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other parts of Britain and overseas. Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, and a number of other enthusiasts gathered a huge harvest of songs and tunes which we can study and enjoy at our leisure. But after over a century of collection and discussion, publication and performance, there are still many things we don't know about traditional song - Where did the songs come from? Who sang them, where, when and why? What part did singing play in the lives of the communities in which the songs thrived? More importantly, have the pioneer collectors' restricted definitions and narrow focus hindered or helped our understanding? This is the first book for many years to investigate the wider social history of traditional song in England, and draws on a wide range of sources to answer these questions and many more.