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Victorian Songhunters
The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics, 1820-1883
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2006
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Victorian Songhunters is a pioneering history of the rediscovery of vernacular song—street songs that have entered oral tradition and have been passed from generation to generation—in England during the late Georgian and Victorian eras. In the nineteenth century there were four main types of vernacular song: ballads, folk lyrics, occupational songs, and national songs. The discovery, collecting, editing, and publishing of all four varieties are examined in the book, and over seventy-five selected examples are given for illustrative purposes. Key concepts, such as traditional balladry, broadside balladry, folksong, and national song, are analyzed, as well as the complicated relationship between print and oral tradition and the different methodological approaches to ballad and song editing.
Organized chronologically, Victorian Songhunters sketches the history of English song collecting from its beginnings in the mid-seventeenth century; focuses on the work of important individual collectors and editors, such as William Chappell, Francis J. Child, and John Broadwood; examines the growth of regional collecting in various counties throughout England; and demonstrates the considerable efforts of two important Victorian institutions, the Percy Society and its successor, the Ballad Society. The appendixes contain discussions on interpreting songs, an assessment of relevant secondary sources, and a bibliography and alphabetical song list. Author E. David Gregory provides a solid foundation for the scholarly study of balladry and folksong, and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Victorian intellectual and cultural life.
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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5703-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-7417-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
449
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
1: Introduction: Awkward but Indispensable Words No access
2: The Early Collectors No access
3: Romantics and Their Critics No access
4: National and Regional Song: Kitchiner to Chappell No access
5: The Percy Society I: The Antiquarians No access
6: The Percy Society II: Other Song Catchers No access
7: William Chappell and the History of English Vernacular Song No access
8: Other Early Victorians: Broadwood to Child No access
9: The Mid-Victorians: Around the Regions No access
10: Old Songs Repackaged: Broadsides, Drolleries, and Ditties No access
11: Ballad Editing: Perspectives and Practice No access
12: The Ballad Society No access
13: The Birth of a Folksong Revival No access
14: Afterword No access
Appendix A: Issues and Interpretations No access Pages 393 - 406
Appendix B: Alphabetical Listing of Illustrative Songs No access Pages 407 - 412
Bibliography No access Pages 413 - 426
Index No access Pages 427 - 448
About the Author No access Pages 449 - 449
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