Southern Folk Ballads (American Folklore Series) - Hardcover

Lankford, George E.

9780874830385: Southern Folk Ballads (American Folklore Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874830389 ISBN 13: 9780874830385

Publisher: August House, 1955

A selection of ballads from the American South, including Child ballads, broadsides, Mexican-American, Cajun, French, and Native American ballads, arranged according to theme

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This collection of unaccompanied melodies is arranged by theme: war, crime and criminals, family opposition to lovers, lovers' disguises and tricks, faithful lovers, unfaithful lovers, and cowboys and pioneers. The source is documented and a transcription given for some 40 tunes, as is the tune's full text and history. The front matter defines the subject well and acknowledges the help of outstanding specialists; a biblio-discography is included. The musical notation (not as neat as one would hope) illustrates the singer's metrical freedom and some unorthodox juxtapositions of time values. For the scholar. Dominique-Rene de Lerma, Morgan State Univ., Baltimore
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