Author: Julia Bishop
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141964324
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012 'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we've received orders for to sail for old England But we hope in a short while to see you again' One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. They have thrived when sung on a whim to a handful of friends in a pub; they have bewitched generations of English composers who have set them for everything from solo violin to full orchestra; they are sung in concerts, festivals, weddings, funerals and with nobody to hear but the singer. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L.Lloyd's original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. 'Her keen eye did glitter like the bright stars by night The robe she was wearing was costly and white Her bare neck was shaded with her long raven hair And they called her pretty Susan, the pride of Kildare' In association with EFDSS, the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Author: A. L. Llloyd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Noah Greenberg
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486413747
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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"An elegant anthology. The specialist will not miss the quiet sophistication with which the music has been selected and prepared. Some of it is printed here for the first time, and much of it has been edited anew." "Notes" This treasury of 47 vocal works edited by Noah Greenberg, founder and former director of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua will delight all lovers of medieval and Renaissance music. Containing a wealth of both religious and secular music from the 12th to the 17th centuries, the collection covers a broad range of moods, from the hearty "Blow Thy Horne Thou Jolly Hunter" by William Cornysh to the reflective and elegiac "Cease Mine Eyes" by Thomas Morley. Of the religious works, nine were written for church services, including "Sanctus" by Henry IV and "Angus Dei" from a beautiful four-part mass by Thomas Tallis. Other religious songs in the collection come from England's rich tradition of popular religious lyric poetry, and include William Byrd's "Susanna Farye," the anonymously written "Deo Gracias Anglia" (The Agincort Carol), and Thomas Ravenscroft's "O Lord, Turne Now Away Thy Face" and "Remember O Thou Man." Approximately half of the songs are secular, some from the popular tradition and others from the courtly poets and musicians surrounding such musically inclined monarchs as Henry VIII who himself is represented in this collection with two charming songs, "With Owt Dyscorde" and "O My Hart." Among the notable composers of Tudor and Elizabethan England represented here are Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland, and Thomas Weelkes. "

Author: Roy Palmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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When first published in 1979 no less an authority than Bob Copper described this collection as 'without doubt . . . the finest book of English traditional songs that has come my way in a very long time'. Just under one hundred and fifty songs are collected and arranged in seven different categories: 'Fellows that Follow the Plough Work', 'A Health to the Master: Deference and Protest', 'The High Gallows Tree: Crime', 'Once I loved a Lass: Courtship', 'The Charmig Bride: Marriage', 'Up To The Rigs: Sport and Diversion' and 'The Life of a Man: Seasons and Ceremonies'. As Roy Palmer concludes in his own introduction, 'Yet in the final analysis, it could be argued that the songs' final justification is aesthetic. They have a sheer beauty of language which both refleced and helped to shape the utterance of generations of Englishmen, men like Shakespeare, Crabbe, John Clare, Wordsworth, Hardy, John Arden, as well as the countless thousands of ploughmen, shepherds, blacksmiths, milkmaids and servant girls who were the backbone of the nation. Their full power emerges, however, not on the page but on the lips. I hope they will be savoured, but above all sung'.

Author: Charles Mackay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: Marie-France Marcie
Publisher: Jordan Music Productions
ISBN: 9781553860471
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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These twelve upbeat bilingual songs teach: greetings, gender, articles, plural forms of nouns, cardinal and ordinal numbers, descriptive, possessive and demonstrative adjectives, punctuation, common phrases and much more! Sung in both French and English by native speakers. Perfect for French classes. A complement of music accompaniment tracks can be used for class performances. The 48 page lyrics book may be photocopied by the classroom teacher.

Author: Abderrahmane Dakir
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781719013932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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By the time you finish reading this book, you will learn more than 330 vocabularies in English as well as you learn the moral in each song. The funniest way to improve your skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in English is through - Songs. We chose you the best songs over the world to enjoy more as well as you learn different cultures. The audio book is free on the internet, relax and start learning English in the fast way. Remember the 7 keys to speak English fluently through songs: 1- Listen carefully each song. 2- Write it without looking at lyrics. 3- Learn deeply all the vocabularies on our list. 4- Listen song's audio then repeat it over and over again. 5- Write about each song's subject by using some vocabularies that you have learnt to express your own ideas. 6- Record your writing. 7- Speak loudly your writing to build more your confidence.

Author: English Songs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Author: Charles Mackay
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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Author: William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 554

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