Songs of the British Islands

Songs of the British Islands PDF Author: William Henry Hadow
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Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Songs of the British Islands

Songs of the British Islands PDF Author: William Henry Hadow
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Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Geography Songs

Geography Songs PDF Author: Kathy Troxel
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ISBN: 9781883028138
Category : Children's songs
Languages : en
Pages : 69

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Includes the lyrics to 33 songs to help learn about 225 countries, continents, landmarks, maps, etc.

North Countrie Ballads, Songs & Pipe-tunes

North Countrie Ballads, Songs & Pipe-tunes PDF Author: William Gillies Whittaker
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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British Songs for British Boys

British Songs for British Boys PDF Author: Sydney Hugo Nicholson
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Category : Folk songs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians PDF Author: George Grove
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 884

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The Oxford Song Book

The Oxford Song Book PDF Author:
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Category : Folk songs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Island Songs

Island Songs PDF Author: Godfrey Baldacchino
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810881772
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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"Through the close analysis of musical performance and tradition, the scholarly contributiors to Island Songs provide a global review of how island songs, their lyrics, and their singers engage with the challenges of modernity, migration, and social change uncovering common patterns despite the diversity and local character of their subjects"--Page 4 of cover.

Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology PDF Author: Jennifer Post
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136705198
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Audubon Magazine, Published in the Interests of the Audubon Society for the Protection of Birds

The Audubon Magazine, Published in the Interests of the Audubon Society for the Protection of Birds PDF Author:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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Electric Folk

Electric Folk PDF Author: Britta Sweers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198038984
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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In the 1960s and 1970s, a number of British musicians rediscovered traditional folk ballads, fusing the old melodies with rock, jazz, and blues styles to create a new genre dubbed "electric folk" or "British folk rock." This revival featured groups such as Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, and Pentangle and individual performers like Shirley & Dolly Collins, and Richard Thompson. While making music in multiple styles, they had one thing in common: they were all based on traditional English song and dance material. These new arrangements of an old repertoire created a unique musical voice within the popular mainstream. After reasonable commercial success, peaking with Steeleye Span's Top 10 album All Around My Hat, Electric Folk disappeared from mainstream notice in the late 1970s, yet performers continue to create today. In Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music, Britta Sweers provides an illuminating history and fascinating analysis of the unique features of the electric folk scene, exploring its musical styles and cultural implications. Drawing on rare historical sources, contemporary music journalism, and first-hand interviews with several of electric folk's most prominent artists, Sweers argues that electric folk is both a result of the American folk revival of the early 1960s and a reaction against the dominance of American pop music abroad. Young British "folk-rockers," such as Richard Thompson and Maddy Prior, turned to traditional musical material as a means of asserting their British cultural identity. Yet, unlike many American and British folk revivalists, they were not as interested in the "purity" of folk ballads as in the music's potential for lively interaction with modern styles, instruments, and media. The book also delves into the impact of the British folk rock movement on mainstream pop, American rock music, and neighboring European countries. Ultimately, Sweers creates a richly detailed portrait of the electric folk scene--as cultural phenomenon, commercial entity, and performance style.