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Languages : en
Pages : 473
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The Viking book of folk ballads of the English-speaking world
Author: The Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-speaking World
Author: Albert B. FriedmanPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the Englishspeaking World
Author: Albert B. FriedmanPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 469
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The Viking Book of Folk Ballad
Author: Albert B. FriedmanPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-speaking World
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The English Traditional Ballad
Author: David AtkinsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351544810
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Ballads are a fascinating subject of study not least because of their endless variety. It is quite remarkable that ballads taken down or recorded from singers separated by centuries in time and by hundreds of kilometres in distance, should be both different and yet recognizably the same. In The English Traditional Ballad, David Atkinson examines the ways in which the body of ballads known in England make reference both to ballads from elsewhere and to other English folk songs. The book outlines current theoretical directions in ballad scholarship: structuralism, traditional referentiality, genre and context, print and oral transmission, and the theory of tradition and revival. These are combined to offer readers a method of approaching the central issue in ballad studies - the creation of meaning(s) out of ballad texts. Atkinson focuses on some of the most interesting problems in ballad studies: the 'wit-combat' in versions of The Unquiet Grave; variable perspectives in comic ballads about marriage; incest as a ballad theme; problems of feminine motivation in ballads like The Outlandish Knight and The Broomfield Hill; murder ballads and murder in other instances of early popular literature. Through discussion of these issues and themes in ballad texts, the book outlines a way of tracing tradition(s) in English balladry, while recognizing that ballad tradition is far from being simply chronological and linear.
Long Steel Rail
Author: Norm CohenPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068812
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Folk Groups And Folklore Genres
Author: Elliott OringPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457174596
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Oring's introductory folklore text consists of a series of essays by leading scholars that give the student a solid sense of major folklore topics and interpretive techniques. Since 1986, when it was first published, this book has met the need for good instructional material at a time of tremendous growth in folklore programs and introductory courses in colleges and universities around the world.
An Evolving Tradition
Author: Dave ThompsonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493068245
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The Child Ballads are a series of over 300 traditional ballads from England and Scotland that, along with their American variants, were anthologized by folklorist Francis James Child in the nineteenth century. An Evolving Tradition is the story of the Child Ballads—the world’s best-known and most highly regarded repository of traditional English folk songs, and the wellspring for approximately 10,000 recordings over the last century, from obscure musicological archives to classic releases from Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and Led Zeppelin. Drawing on interviews with numerous scholars and musicians, author Dave Thompson explains what a ballad is, outlines their dominant themes, and recounts how these ballads survived to become a mainstay of field recordings made by Cecil Sharp, Alan Lomax, and others as they traveled the English and American countryside in search of old songs. Thompson traverses the entire spectrum of rock, pop, folk, roots, experimental music, industrial, and goth to reveal the remarkable legacy and incalculable influence of the Child Ballads on all manner of modern music.
Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917
Author: Ferenc Morton SzaszPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
"Scots trappers dominated the fur trade, often proving more loyal to clan than to trading company or nation. Relying on centuries of experience raising livestock for British markets, Scottish investors and managers became highly visible in the post-Civil War western cattle industry with thriving outfits such as the Swan Land and Cattle Company in Wyoming. They introduced new breeds to western ranching, such as the Aberdeen Angus, that remain popular today. Similarly, Scots herders dominated the western sheep industry, running herds of over 100,000 animals. Andrew Little's sheep ranch in Idaho was so famous that a letter addressed simply "Andy Little, USA" found its intended recipient.
