Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-426) and index.
Contents:
Legacies from the past. Introduction: awkward but indispensable words ; The early collectors ; Romantics and their critics -- The vernacular song revival, 1820-1859. National and regional song: Kitchiner to Chappell ; The Percy Society I: the antiquarians ; The Percy Society II: other song catchers ; William Chappell and the history of English vernacular song ; Other early Victorians: Broadwood to Child -- The mid-Victorian era, 1860-1883. The mid-Victorians: around the regions ; Old songs repackaged: broadsides, drolleries, and ditties ; Ballad editing: perspectives and practice ; The Ballad Society ; The birth of a folksong revival. Legacies from the past. Introduction, awkward but indispensable words ; The early collectors ; Romantics and their critics -- The vernacular song revival, 1820-1859. National and regional song, 1820-1839 ; The Percy Society I, the antiquarians ; The Percy Society II: other song catchers ; William Chappell & the history of vernacular song ; Other early Victorians, Broadwood to child -- The mid-Victorian era, 1860-1883. Around the regions ; Old songs repackaged, broadsides, drolleries, and ditties ; Ballad editing, perspectives and practice ; The Ballad Society ; Birth of a folksong revival.
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