The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs Julia Bishop

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Offers a collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art forms. This book brings together all the classic folk songs and many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning.

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The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs by Julia Bishop

The definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art forms

One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A. L. Lloyd's original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.

The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs Reviews

Refreshing ... beautiful ... academic but lively ... the book offers the experience of immersion into the strange, romantic and occasionally frightening world these songs were, and are, a part of ... A triumphant addition to the English folk canon, both as a source of reference and as an endlessly enjoyable collection to dip into * The Times *
The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs couldn't be better timed ... an utterly indispensable collection of music for murder, wooing and wanton abandon * Record Collector *
Compelling ... fascinating and refreshingly objective ... Free of any cloying romanticism ... An impressive and nourishing book, with an appeal far beyond the folk aficionado. Roud and Bishop have created something vital * Telegraph *
A wonderful resource of knowledge and scholarship -- Tim Cumming * Independent *

About Julia Bishop

Steve Roud is the Founder of the Roud Folk Song Index and the author of a number of major works on English folkways and customs, including The English Year. Julia Bishop has a PhD in folksong and is Chief Editor of the forthcoming edition of the James Madison Carpenter Folksong Collection.

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GOR005483990

ISBN 13

9780141194622

ISBN 10

0141194626

Title

The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs by Julia Bishop

Author

Julia Bishop

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

2014-02-06

Number of pages

608

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N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

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