The Old Songs of Skye - Frances Tolmie and Her Circle (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1977. Frances Tolmie (1840-1926) was one of the foremost Gaelic folklore and folksong experts. This account of her life and work places her unique contribution to human song against a full personal, historical and cultural background. The book includes a selection of the songs she heard and wrote down, together with the part they played in her life and that of her circle and the larger community. Moving in a variety of circles, Frances Tolmie experienced the warm domesticity of an enlightened Skye manse, the cultural bustle of upper middle-class Edinburgh 'entrepreneurs', the romantic serious-mindedness of the first Cambridge women students, the sensitive nature-loving community round Ruskin at Coniston, and spent her later sociable years back in Scotland. This book, with its historical introduction by Flora MacLeod and musical introduction by Frank Howes along with Ethel Bassin's own detailed introduction, reflects her profound study of the song and folklore of her people, and describes how she recorded a precious part of British traditional culture, catching it alive and sharing it as truly as possible.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	1977
Authors:	Ethel Bassin
Editors:	Derek Bowman
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-96199-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Music > Folk music Promotions
LSN:	1-138-96199-X
Barcode:	9781138961999

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