Ballads offer one of the most fascinating and revealing records of
humankind-our deepest feelings and most profound experiences, our
laughter and joys, our troubles and sorrows. There is no battle, no
romance, no escapade, no tragedy recorded in song which is not rich
both in historical significance and in contemporary experience. A
ballad is a link with past generations, traditions, and the basic
character traits of a people, a region, or a country. The
associations formed, the recollections stirred make the study of
this form of music a rewarding experience. The first printed
collection of ballads was made in 1723-25 and entitled simply Old
Ballads. That it met with warm approval is indicated by the fact
that a third edition was published as soon as 1727. Since the
publication of that first collection, interest in the ballad and
demand for ballad texts have grown constantly. During the
eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, several hundred
collections were published. Many of these collections have become
classics in the field of balladry. With the publication of this
fourth and final volume of the Ancient Ballads series, the Helen
Hartness Flanders Collection took its place with the other classics
in the field. Volume IV contains child ballads 250-295 with
thirty-six versions of "The Sweet Trinity," or "The Golden Vanity,"
alone. This is representative of the completeness of the series and
reflects the years of scholarship that went into the collecting,
interviewing, scoring, and editing of the collection. With analyses
by Tristram P. Coffin and musical annotations by Bruno Netti, Helen
Hartness Flanders's work constitutes an invaluable source for the
student of the ballad, as well as those interested in the related
studies of musicology, literature, history, social sciences, and
ethnology. Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England
provides endless opportunity for both scholarly study and sheer
fascination.
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