Hebridean Folk Songs: Waulking Songs from Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist and Benbecula (Paperback)

The classic three volumes of Hebridean Folksongs, reissued simultaneously for the first time since their original publication (1969, 1977, 1981), contain 135 songs connected with the waulking of homespun tweed cloth in the Hebridean isles. Volume 1 is based on waulking songs collected by Donald MacCormick in South Uist in 1893. Volumes 2 and 3 are based on John Lorne Campbell's recordings of songs made between 1938 and 1965 in Barra, South Uist, Eriskay and Benbecula. The translations for all the songs in Volumes 2 and 3 and many of those in Volume 1 are by John Lorne Campbell, who also wrote detailed notes discussing the songs. Multiple versions of the same song are compared with each other and with versions drawn from unpublished manuscript sources. Francis Collinson's meticulous musical transcriptions of the songs, and musicological analyses, are invaluable. The songs are from the repertoires of some well-known singers of their generation, including Miss Annie Johnson, her brother Calum and Miss Mary Morrison, all of Barra, Mrs Neil Campbell of South Uist, and Miss Nan MacKinnon of Vatersay.

General

Imprint:	John Donald Short Run Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Hebridean Folk Songs
Release date:	October 2018
Editors:	John Lorne Campbell
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-910900-03-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical scores, lyrics & libretti Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Musical scores, lyrics & libretti
LSN:	1-910900-03-6
Barcode:	9781910900031

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