Author: Francis James Child
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 804

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Author: E. David Gregory
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461674174
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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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.

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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 878

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Author: Francis James Child
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 542

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Author: William P Nimmo
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Originally published in 1878, this quaint book is chockful of ballads from both England and Scotland. Many of them date back to the twelfth century, to the seventeenth century. They are stories of secret love, revenge plots, marauders and thieves, fairies and mermaids, and royal families.There are many familiar stories, such as Robin Hood and Maid Marian, Chevy Chase, Johnie Armstrong, and William Wallace. There are a great many ballads about King Arthur, and his knights of the round table. The book features the older versions of the ballads (in their original language), as well as modernised versions. They are stories written down, or passed orally so many years ago, and are still beautiful to read to this day.

Author: John S. Roberts
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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Author: Frank Sidgwick
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752422300
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Reproduction of the original: Ballads of Romance and Chivalry by Frank Sidgwick

Author: Francis James Child
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ISBN: 9781107711099
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 6

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Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486152855
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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This classic 19th-century survey offers absolute fidelity to original texts as well as invaluable commentary by Francis James Child. Volume 1 includes Parts I and II of the original set — ballads 1-53.