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Author: Cecil James Sharp
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1975-01-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0486231925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLyrics 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
Author: Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julia Bishop
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2012-06-07
Total Pages: 666
ISBN-13: 0141964324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne 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: Steve Roud
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2017-08-15
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 0571309739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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.
Author: Cecil James Sharp
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Kennedy
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 844
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA treasure trove for anyone interested in the folklore of the British Isles. Illustrated throughout, this lovely collection contains 360 folk songs from field recordings. Includes melody lines, lyrics, and chord symbols. Melody line format.
Author: Sir Granville Bantock
Publisher: Boston : O. Ditson Company ; New York : C.H. Ditson ; Chicago : Lyon & Healy
Published: 1911
Total Pages: 230
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John A. Lomax
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-07-24
Total Pages: 719
ISBN-13: 048631992X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMusic and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, and many more.
Author: Benjamin Filene
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780807848623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate. As Benjamin Filene reveals, a number of competing visions of America's musical past have vied fo
