Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland (Paperback)

Originally published in 1977. The Travellers, from those living in bow-tents and horse-drawn caravans to those dwelling in motor caravans and permanent homes, are an important source of traditional music. Their society means that songs that have died out in more settled communities are preserved among them. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, widely known as two of the founding singers of the British and American folk revivals, here display a vast fund of folklore scholarship around the songs of British travelling people. Resulting from extensive collecting in southern and southeastern England and central and northeastern Scotland in the 1960s and 70s, this book contains 130 songs with music and comprehensive notes relating them to folkloristic and historical points of interest. It includes traditional ballads and ballads of broadside origin, bawdy, tragic and humorous songs about love, work and death. Most are in English or in Scots dialect with four in Anglo-Romani.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	1977
Authors:	Ewan MacColl • Peggy Seeger
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-18393-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General
LSN:	1-138-18393-8
Barcode:	9781138183933

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