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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.
Ballads offer one of the most fascinating and revealing records of
humankind-their deepest feelings and most profound experiences,
their laughter and joys, their 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. Ancient Ballads
Traditionally Sung in New England is complied an edited from the
Helen Harness Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College. The
texts of the ballads are printed and their tunes set exactly as the
singers gave then in the original form, with succinct and accurate
notes to reach. This rich collection contains nearly all the
traditional ballads of America, many of them in multiple versions.
Volume III contains Child ballads 95-243 from the numbered Francis
James Child Collection.
American Folklore Society, Bibliographical And Special Series, V13.
Forty-Five Traditional Folktales From A Variety Of North American
Tribes.
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