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02167aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 D360E7C8C93011E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 150909t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780571309719 020 $a 0571309712 035 $a (OCoLC)920720540 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d TOH $d BDX $d UAB $d EYM $d NZAUC $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a ML3652 $b .R67 2017 082 04 $a 782.42162/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Roud, Stephen, $e author. 245 10 $a Folk song in England / $c Steve Roud ; with music chapters by Julia Bishop. 264 1 $a London : $b Faber & Faber, $c 2017. 300 $a xi, 764 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a In 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. 650 0 $a Folk songs, English $z England $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Folk songs, English $x Social aspects $z England. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006111717.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D360E7C8C93011E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search